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

Rewriting and Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: The Biblical Patriarchs in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 4
Devorah Dimant and Reinhard G. Kratz: Preface......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
A. Parallelism and Parallel Verses......Page 12
B. The Explicit Suggestion of the Explanation......Page 16
C. The Use of an Explanatory Word or Expression......Page 18
D. Explanatory Words in Similar Structures......Page 20
Conclusion......Page 23
Bibliography......Page 25
Emanuel Tov: Textual Harmonization in the Stories of the Patriarchs......Page 28
1a. Repetition of Details Found Elsewhere in the Context (104x)......Page 35
1b. Remote Context (22x)......Page 43
1c. Addition/Expansion of Subject/Object, etc. (19x)......Page 46
2a. Repetition of Details Found Elsewhere in the Context (34x)......Page 47
2c. Addition/Expansion of Subject/Object, etc. (13x)......Page 50
3a. Repetition of Details Found Elsewhere in the Context (21x)......Page 51
3c. Addition/Expansion of Subject/Object, etc. (6x)......Page 52
4a. Repetition of Details Found Elsewhere in the Context (17x)......Page 53
4c. Addition/Expansion of Subject/Object, etc. (16x)......Page 54
5. Some Conclusions......Page 55
Bibliography......Page 56
Moshe J. Bernstein: Where Are the Patriarchs in the Literature of Qumran?......Page 60
Bibliography......Page 81
Law and Narrative in the Garden of Eden Story......Page 86
The Garden of Eden in the Book of Jubilees......Page 90
Excursus: The Relationship between Jubilees and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve......Page 100
Bibliography......Page 103
Devorah Dimant: The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Perspective of Qumran Hebrew Texts......Page 110
Damascus Document (Geniza Manuscript A)......Page 111
5Q13 (5QRule)......Page 115
4Q577 4......Page 118
1Q34bis 3 ii 1–8......Page 119
4Q180......Page 121
4Q252 (4QCommGen A)......Page 127
4Q370 i 1–9......Page 135
Bibliography......Page 140
1. The Story of the Flood......Page 144
2. The Reception of the Flood Story in the Prophets......Page 148
3. Conclusion......Page 152
Bibliography......Page 153
Roman Vielhauer: Sodom and Gomorrah: From the Bible to Qumran......Page 156
1. Sodom and Gomorrah in 4Q172......Page 157
2. Sodom and Gomorrah in 4QCommentary on Genesis A......Page 161
3. Sodom and Gomorrah in 4QEschatological Commentary B......Page 164
4. Sodom and Gomorrah in 4QPesher on the Periods......Page 167
5. Sodom and Gomorrah: From the Bible to Qumran......Page 170
Bibliography......Page 172
1. Introduction......Page 180
2. Aramaic Jacob......Page 183
3. The Covenant with Jacob: Temple Scroll XXIX......Page 185
4. Blessing and Jacob......Page 189
5. ʺA Star Shall Come out of Jacobʺ: The Use of Num. 24:17–18......Page 190
6. Other Scriptural Echoes of Jacob......Page 191
7. Conclusion......Page 193
Bibliography......Page 194
Introduction......Page 198
1) Gen. 48:22 in Jubilees......Page 200
2) Fighting for Shechem and Hebron......Page 201
3) The Numerical Principle......Page 203
4) The Gentile Nations as Initiators of the Combat......Page 204
5) Jacobʹs Sons in Hebron......Page 206
6) Brotherly Love between Jacobʹs Sons......Page 208
7) The Roles Assigned to Judah and Levi......Page 209
8) Jacobʹs Forces......Page 210
A. Jacob as Family Man......Page 212
C. Jacob as Peace‐Seeker......Page 214
10) The Narratival Conclusions......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 218
Harald Samuel: Levi, the Levites, and the Law......Page 224
1. Levitical Functions......Page 225
2. The Blessing of Levi......Page 226
3. Increasing Priestly Authority in the Judiciary......Page 227
4. The Amplification of Priestly Jurisdiction......Page 229
5. Genealogical Constructions in Chronicles......Page 231
6. Writings from Qumran......Page 232
7. Jubilees and ALD: Levi and his Offspring......Page 234
8. Conclusion......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 237
Liora Goldman: The Burial of the Fathers in the Visions of Amram from Qumran......Page 240
The Biblical Background......Page 243
The Agendas behind Jub. 46 and VA......Page 245
Endogamous Marriage in VA......Page 248
The Affinities between VA and Tobit......Page 250
Conclusions......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 255
Lawrence H. Schiffman: The Patriarchs and Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 260
Sectarian Texts......Page 261
Pre‐Sectarian Texts......Page 263
Jubilees and the Patriarchs......Page 264
Conclusions......Page 267
Bibliography......Page 269
Introduction......Page 272
War and Saving Lives on the Sabbath......Page 275
Sacrifice Overrides the Sabbath......Page 282
Circumcision Overrides the Sabbath......Page 292
Bibliography......Page 294
Index......Page 298