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Rewritten Joshua Scrolls from Qumran : Texts, Translations, and Commentary.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 438.Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 1306205271
  • 9781306205276
  • 9783110289800
  • 3110289806
  • 9783110290059
  • 3110290057
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 229.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1295.2
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BC 7525
  • BC 8910
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Joshua and His Book in Second Temple Jewish Literature -- 2. The Scroll 4Q378 -- 3 The Scroll 4Q379 -- 4 The Scroll 4Q522 -- 5 The Scroll 4Q123 -- 6 The Scroll 5Q9 -- 7 The Scroll Mas 1039-211 -- 8 The Rewritten Joshua Scrolls: One Composition or Several Literary Works? -- 9 The Rewritten Joshua Scrolls in Their Exegetical Context -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Among the unknown Jewish writings that emerged from the caves of Qumran are five scrolls rewriting the Book of Joshua. The present volume offers a detailed analysis of these texts and explores their relationship with each other and other Second Temple Jewish writings concerned with the figure of Joshua. The first full-blown study of this group of scrolls, this book is of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of the Dead Sea scrolls and ancient Jewish biblical interpretation.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Joshua and His Book in Second Temple Jewish Literature -- 2. The Scroll 4Q378 -- 3 The Scroll 4Q379 -- 4 The Scroll 4Q522 -- 5 The Scroll 4Q123 -- 6 The Scroll 5Q9 -- 7 The Scroll Mas 1039-211 -- 8 The Rewritten Joshua Scrolls: One Composition or Several Literary Works? -- 9 The Rewritten Joshua Scrolls in Their Exegetical Context -- Bibliography -- Index.

Among the unknown Jewish writings that emerged from the caves of Qumran are five scrolls rewriting the Book of Joshua. The present volume offers a detailed analysis of these texts and explores their relationship with each other and other Second Temple Jewish writings concerned with the figure of Joshua. The first full-blown study of this group of scrolls, this book is of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of the Dead Sea scrolls and ancient Jewish biblical interpretation.