4qinstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36144-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 123, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

In 4QInstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies, Benjamin Wold challenges the interpretation of 4QInstruction as a deterministic and dualistic composition. In a re-examination of key fragments he offers new reconstructions and translations that indicate 4QInstruction envisaged wisdom available to all humanity, divisions among humankind and communities as the result of individual adherence to wisdom, and a hierarchy of authority as a result of individual merit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wold, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction

1 Maskîl and Mevîn
1 First Person Speech
2 Occurrences of ????? in 4QInstruction
3 Maskîl in Qumran Discoveries
4 Addressee as Maskîl in 4Q418 81 + 81a Lines 1–14
5 Conclusions

2 Spirit and Flesh
1 “Spirit” and “Flesh”
2 “Spirit” in 4QInstruction
3 Conclusions

3 Torah and Mysteries
1 Evoking Torah? “By the Hand of Moses” in 4Q418 184 and 4Q423 11
2 Allusions to “Torah”
3 Mosaic Torah in Early Jewish Literature
4 Re-written Torah
5 Conclusions

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography
Plate Section
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Wold, Ph.D. (2004), is Assistant Professor of Ancient Judaism and Christianity at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has published several books and multiple articles, including Women, Men, and Angels: The Qumran Wisdom Document Musar leMevin and Its Allusions to Genesis Creation Traditions (Mohr Siebeck, 2005).