Qumran Cave 4: XXI: Parabiblical Texts, Part 4: Pseudo-Prophetic Texts (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert) [Hardcover]

Devorah Dimant (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0199245428 | ISBN-13: 978-0199245420

This is the fourth and last volume of parabiblical texts from Qumran Cave 4 and reveals once again the interest in biblical themes characteristic of Second Temple period Judaism, exhibited in many of the Qumran compositions. It is devoted to a small group of texts showing the rewriting, in different ways, of two biblical prophetic books: Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Because of their fragmentary nature it is not clear how many different compositions are reflected by the preserved fragments, but there are at least five manuscripts of one composition of Pseudo-Ezekiel, and seven manuscripts of two different compositions of the Apocryphon of Jeremiah.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This volume represents the culmination of the years of work that Dimant, and Strugnell before her, spent on these scrolls, and the results completely reinforce previous assessments that the text(s) contained in them are exciting and important ... she is to be congratulated on her fine edition of the fragments and her detailed articulation of her case for the compositional makeup of these scrolls. This volume lays an excellent foundation for the conversation that will certainly follow. Dead Sea Discoveries Dimant has provided the scholarly community with a thorough and exemplary publication of the fragments that should be the starting point for anyone desiring to work with these manuscripts. The reconstructions that she makes are judicious, and in every case her notes, which are copious, offer a clear rationale for her decisions. Dead Sea Discoveries Dimant's edition is a most valuable resource for biblical and related studies. International Review of Biblical Studies

About the Author

Devorah Dimant is at University of Haifa.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199245428
• ISBN-13: 978-0199245420
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.1 x 0.9 inches
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