Qumran Cave 4

XV: The Sapiential Texts, Part 1
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-19-826938-0
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, Band XX, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 322 mm, Gewicht: 1439 g

Reihe: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert

This volume contains a collection of previously unknown compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran. These compositions, written during the Second Temple period, use specialized terminology that allows them to be classified as sapiential (or instructional) literature. As such, they are part of the larger genre of wisdom literature, common in the ancient Near East, which includes other collections of sayings and instruction such as the Book of Proverbs, Ben Sira, and the
Epistle of James. The documents published here include Mysteries (a manuscript of which was also found in Cave 1), several Meditations on Creation, an Admonitory Parable, Work Concerning Divine Providence, Ways of Righteousness, a number of small sapiential texts, and one text written in the script known
as Cryptic A Words of a Sage to All Sons of Dawn. These compositions enhance our understanding of the keen interest in theological and ethical issues (such as God's omnipotence, justice, creative power and design, and man's moral and ethical responsibility to his Creator and fellow men), both of the Qumran community specifically and of Second Temple period Judaism in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elgvin, Torleif

Kister, Menachem

Lim, Timothy

Nitzan, Bilhah

Pfann, Stephen

Qimron, Elisha

Schiffman, Lawrence H

Steudel, Annette

Fitzmyer, Joseph A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften