A Critical Study of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, No. 49)

A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE TEMPLE SCROLL FROM QUMRAN CAVE 11......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 10
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 12
LIST OF TABLES......Page 14
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
Prepublication Notices and Studies......Page 21
The Editio Princeps and Other Yadin Publications......Page 23
Translations and General Studies......Page 24
Textual Studies......Page 26
Linguistic Studies......Page 28
Studies of the Calendar and Halakha......Page 29
Studies of the Temple Plan......Page 33
The Scroll and the New Testament......Page 34
Book Length Studies......Page 36
Literary Studies......Page 39
Source Criticism of the Temple Scroll......Page 40
The Provenance of the Temple Scroll......Page 42
The Date of the Temple Scroll......Page 45
The Purpose of the Temple Scroll......Page 50
The Present Study......Page 52
Status as Separate Source......Page 54
Character and Content......Page 57
Textual Character......Page 60
Introduction and Status Quaestionis......Page 63
Fragment 1 (40*:1)......Page 65
Fragment 2 (40*:2)......Page 69
Fragment 3 (38*:5)......Page 72
The Fragments of 43.366: Conclusions......Page 77
A Date for the Deuteronomy Source......Page 78
The Character and Content of the Temple Source......Page 80
The Temple Source and the New Jerusalem Text......Page 83
Description of the New Jerusalem Text......Page 84
Connections Between the Temple Source and the New Jerusalem Text......Page 85
The Question of Priority......Page 100
The Implications of the Language of the New Jerusalem Text......Page 103
General Relationship......Page 106
Comparison of TS 43:4b-12a with Jubilees 32:11b-13......Page 110
The Date of the Temple Source......Page 117
The Identification of Midrash to Deuteronomy as a Source......Page 120
Compositional Method......Page 121
Other Reasons to Regard Midrash to Deuteronomy as a Distinct Source......Page 128
The Use of Torat Hammelekh to Date the Temple Scroll......Page 129
The Argument from Textual Variants......Page 130
The Argument from Defensive Warfare......Page 133
The Argument from Absence of the King's Sacerdotal Function......Page 136
Remaining Arguments......Page 138
The Use of Temple Scroll 64:6b-13a to Date the Scroll......Page 140
The Textual Argument......Page 141
The "Sectarian Texts" Argument......Page 142
Conclusions......Page 146
Content and Character......Page 148
Redactional Purpose......Page 150
Date......Page 151
Character and Content......Page 152
Sitz im Leben of the Laws......Page 155
CD and the Laws of the Temple Scroll......Page 158
The Sources of the Laws......Page 166
Temple Scroll 39:5-11a......Page 167
Temple Scroll 45:17b......Page 169
Temple Scroll 49:12......Page 170
Temple Scroll 52:16b-19......Page 171
The Redactor and the Laws: Conclusion......Page 172
The Completeness of the Temple Scroll......Page 174
The Temple Scroll as a Law for the Land......Page 176
The Temple Scroll as an Eschatological Law......Page 186
The Redactor's Identity......Page 198
A Date for the Temple Scroll......Page 208
Conclusions......Page 213
The Composition of the Temple Scroll......Page 214
The Date of the Present Form of the Temple Scroll......Page 217
The Purpose of the Temple Scroll......Page 219
The Provenance of the Temple Scroll......Page 220
General Comments......Page 224
Categories of Analysis......Page 226
Part One: Line by Line Analysis of the Scroll......Page 229
Part Two: The Hebrew Bible in the Temple Scroll......Page 254
LITERATURE CITED AND ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 262