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Parabiblical texts, Part 3

by George Brooke ... [et al.] ; in consultation with James Vanderkam

(Discoveries in the Judaean desert, 22 . Qumran cave 4 ; 17)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1996

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Qumran cave 4

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Note

"Partially based on earlier transcriptions by Jozef T. Milik and John Strugnell"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume contains a collection of compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran, written during the Second Temple period and linked to biblical texts through characters, themes, or genre. Some of these, such as the Levi Aramaic Document, Testament of Naphtali, and Prayer of Nabonidus, were known previously from Greek and Aramaic manuscripts of the Apocrypha. The additional documents include PseudoDaniel, the Commentaries on Genesis, Commentary on Malachi, Apocryphon of Joshua, The Two Ways, Apocryphon of Elisha, Prayer of Mercy, and a number of small miscellaneous texts. All these documents greatly enhance our understanding of the phenomenon of psuedepigraphy (written in the name of a famous biblical or religious character) and of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple period.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA33259271
  • ISBN
    • 0198269366
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engheb
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford,New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 351 p., 29 p. of plates
  • Size
    32 cm
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