The Text of the Pentateuch: Textual Criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Alttestamentliche Wissensch)

In the last several decades since the first publications of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, a revolution has occurred in the understanding of the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible during the Second Temple period. The present volume is a collection of articles documenting that revolution, written by Sidnie White Crawford over an almost thirty-year period beginning in 1990. As a member of the editorial team responsible for publishing the Qumran scrolls, the author was responsible for the critical editions of nine Deuteronomy scrolls and the four Reworked Pentateuch manuscripts; thus, her work played a critical role in the changing understanding of the textual history of the Pentateuch, especially the book of Deuteronomy and the Rewritten Bible texts. The author's lifework is brought together here in an accessible format. While the majority of the articles are reprints, the volume will close with two major new pieces: a text-critical study of the Deuteronomic Paraphrase of the Temple Scroll and a comprehensive overview of the history of the text of the Pentateuch. Preface 7 Table of Contents 9 Abbreviations of sources 11 Sources 13 Introduction 15 Part I: Textual Criticism, Featuring the Book of Deuteronomy 27 1 The All Souls Deuteronomy (4QDeut n ) and the Decalogue 27 2 4QDeut n : Biblical Manuscript or Excerpted Text? 43 3 Special Features of Four Biblical Manuscripts from Cave 4, Qumran: 4QDeut a , 4QDeut c , 4QDeut d , and 4QDeut g 51 4 Three Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Cave 4, Qumran 61 5 Reading Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period 79 6 Textual Criticism of the Book of Deuteronomy and The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition 93 7 The Pentateuch as Found in the Pre-Samaritan Texts and 4QReworked Pentateuch 105 8 “Biblical” Text—Yes or No? The Hebrew Bible 115 9 Understanding the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible: A New Proposal 123 10 The Qumran Pentateuch Scrolls: Their Literary Growth and Textual History 133 11 Scribal Traditions in the Pentateuch and the History of the Early Second Temple Period 147 12 Interpreting the Pentateuch through Scribal Processes: The Evidence from the Qumran Manuscripts 161 13 Deuteronomy as a Test Case for an Eclectic Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible 183 14 Deuteronomy in the Temple Scroll and its Use in the Textual Criticism of Deuteronomy 197 Part II: Rewriting the Classical Literature of Ancient Israel 211 15 4Q364 and 365: A Preliminary Report 211 16 A Note on 4Q365, Fragment 23 and Nehemiah 10:33–36 223 17 Three Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 and Their Relationship to the Temple Scroll 225 18 4QTemple? 4Q365a Revisited 237 19 The “Rewritten” Bible at Qumran: A Look at Three Texts 245 20 How Archaeology Affects the Study of Texts: Reflections on the Category “Rewritten Bible” at Qumran 257 21 What Constitutes a Scriptural Text? The History of Scholarship on Qumran Manuscript 4Q158 267 22 The Excerpted Manuscripts from Qumran, with Special Attention to 4QReworked Pentateuch D and 4QReworked Pentateuch E 275 23 A Postscript on the Excerpted Texts 293 Part III: Final Thoughts 299 24 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible in the Twenty-First Century: Theory and Praxis 299 Collected Bibliography 311 Ancient Sources Index 327 Modern Authors Index 340 In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt. Die BZAW akzeptiert Manuskriptvorschläge, die einen innovativen und signifikanten Beitrag zu Erforschung des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt leisten, sich intensiv mit der bestehenden Forschungsliteratur auseinandersetzen, stringent aufgebaut und flüssig geschrieben sind.