Rewriting and Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: The Biblical Patriarchs in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Rewriting and Interpreting the Hebrew Bible

The Biblical Patriarchs in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Published/Copyright: 2013

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Volume 439 | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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The present volume is one of the first to concentrate on a specific theme of biblical interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls, namely the book of Genesis. In particular the volume is concerned with the links displayed by the Qumranic biblical interpetation to the inner-biblical interpretation and the final shaping of the Hebrew scriptures. Moshe Bar-Asher studies cases of such inner biblical interpretative comments; Michael Segal deals with the Garden of Eden story in the scrolls and other contemporary Jewish sources; Reinhard Kratz analizes the story of the Flood as preamble for the lives of the Patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible; Devorah Dimant examines this theme in the Qumran scrolls; Roman Viehlhauer explores the story of Sodom and Gomorrah; George Brooke and Atar Livneh discuss aspects of Jacob’s career; Harald Samuel review the career of Levi; Liora Goldman examines the Aramaic work the Visions of Amram; Lawrence Schiffman and Aharon Shemesh discuss halakhic aspects of stories about the Patriarchs; Moshe Bernstein provides an overview of the references to the Patriarchs in the Qumran scrolls.

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Devorah Dimant, University of Haifa, Israel; Reinhard G. Kratz, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany.

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"Ein Stellenindex beschließt den wichtigen Band, der eine Fülle von neuen Erkenntnissen sowohl für die Rezeption der Patriarchentraditionen als auch für die Fragen nach der Bedeutung von ›biblischer‹ Exegese in Qumran bietet."
Anselm C. Hagedorn in: ZAW 2017; 129(1): 167

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Preface
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Table of Contents
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The Bible Interpreting Itself
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Moshe Bar-Asher

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Textual Harmonization in the Stories of the Patriarchs
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Emanuel Tov

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Where Are the Patriarchs in the Literature of Qumran?
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Moshe J. Bernstein

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The First Patriarchs: Law and Narrative in the Garden of Eden Story
77
Michael Segal

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The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Perspective of Qumran Hebrew Texts
101
Devorah Dimant

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The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Biblical Perspective
135
Reinhard G. Kratz

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Sodom and Gomorrah: From the Bible to Qumran
147
Roman Vielhauer

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Jacob and His House in the Scrolls from Qumran
171
George J. Brooke

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With My Sword and Bow: Jacob as Warrior in Jubilees
189
Atar Livneh

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Levi, the Levites, and the Law
215
Harald Samuel

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The Burial of the Fathers in the Visions of Amram from Qumran
231
Liora Goldman

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The Patriarchs and Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls
251
Lawrence H. Schiffman

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Shabbat, Circumcision and Circumcision on Shabbat in Jubilees and the Dead Sea Scrolls
263
Aharon Shemesh

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Index
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April 30, 2013

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9783110290554

Hardcover published on:

March 15, 2013

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9783110290424

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299

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110290554

eBook ISBN: 9783110290554

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Keywords for this book

Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran; Biblical Interpretation; Patriarchs; Genesis

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Academics, Libraries, Institutes

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Rewriting and Interpreting the Hebrew Bible

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Supplementary Materials

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

The Bible Interpreting Itself

Textual Harmonization in the Stories of the Patriarchs

Where Are the Patriarchs in the Literature of Qumran?

The First Patriarchs: Law and Narrative in the Garden of Eden Story

The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Perspective of Qumran Hebrew Texts

The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Biblical Perspective

Sodom and Gomorrah: From the Bible to Qumran

Jacob and His House in the Scrolls from Qumran

With My Sword and Bow: Jacob as Warrior in Jubilees

Levi, the Levites, and the Law

The Burial of the Fathers in the Visions of Amram from Qumran

The Patriarchs and Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Shabbat, Circumcision and Circumcision on Shabbat in Jubilees and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Index

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