Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 130)

This volume contains 17 essays on the subjects of text, canon, and scribal practice. It provides an overview of the Qumran evidence for text and canon of the Bible, an essay on the development of Hebrew and thematic studies. Contents Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Peter Flint in Memoriam Part 1 Text and Canon Chapter 1 Qumran Evidence for the Text and Canon of the Bible Part 2 Text-Critical Studies Chapter 2 Hebrew Bible Textual Criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls: What Not to Expect of the Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab) Chapter 3 4QLXXNum and a Text-Critical Examination of a Debated Hebrew Term in Numbers 4 Chapter 4 The Ezekiel Manuscripts from the Dead Sea, the Ancient Versions, and the Textual History of Ezekiel Chapter 5 On “True” Editions: Pluriformity and Authority between Psalms and Serekh Chapter 6 A Textual Analysis of Pseudo-Ezekiel (4Q385 and 4Q386): Rewritten or Merely Copies of Each Other Chapter 7 Nebuchadnezzar Found and Forgotten: a New Fragment of 4Q385a (4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Ca) 18 i Part 3 Canon and Authority Chapter 8 Uses of Earlier Literature in Some Second Temple Texts Chapter 9 An Examination of the Songs of Ascents and Psalm 119 in 11QPsa Part 4 Scribal Practice Chapter 11 The Grain of the Kittim in the Habakkuk Pesher: a New Reading of 1) ומאכלו ברו QpHab 6:5) Chapter 12 The Vistas of Variant Readings: Towards an Understanding of Scribal Transmissionas Reception in the Qumran Fragments of Aramaic Daniel Chapter 13 Exegesis of the Bible Enriched by the Dead Sea Scrolls Chapter 14 The Excerpted Manuscripts from Qumran, with Special Attention to 4QReworked Pentateuch D and 4QReworked Pentateuch E Part 5 Language Chapter 15 Trajectories of Diachronic Change in Qumran Hebrew: Evidence from the Negative Existential in Post-Predicate Position Part 6 Thematic Studies Chapter 16 The Star of Balaam and the Prophecy of Josephus concerning Vespasian Chapter 17 Lady Metaphors in Judaic Wisdom Literature Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources "This volume contains 17 essays on the subjects of text, canon, and scribal practice. The volume is introduced by an overview of the Qumran evidence for text and canon of the Bible. Most of the text critical studies deal with texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, including sectarian as well as canonical texts. Two essays shed light on the formation of authoritative literature. Scribal practice is illustrated in various ways, again mostly from the Dead Sea Scrolls. One essay deals with diachronic change in Qumran Hebrew. Rounding out the volume are two thematic studies, a wide-ranging study of the "ambiguous oracle" of Josephus, which he identifies as Balaam's oracle, and a review of the use of female metaphors for Wisdom"-- Provided by publisher