Overview
This volume continues the publication of the series of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains twenty-four Hebrew manuscripts of the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Kings. These texts antedate by a millennium those that had previously held the title of the earliest surviving Hebrew biblical manuscripts. They document a pluriformity acceptable in the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became standardized later in the Christian and Rabbinic period.Some of the scrolls (e.g. 4QDeut, 4QDeut) are not properly manuscripts of biblical books but rather contain excerpts from biblical books, compiled probably for liturgical purposes. 4QJosh, the oldest extant manuscript of that book, displays a different sequence of episodes concerning the first altar built in the newly entered land. Similarly, 4QJudg attests to an early text of Judges without a lengthy Deuteronomistic insertion now found in the textus receptus. Superior textual variants from these manuscripts have been adopted in recent revised translations of the Bible.
Full Product Details
Author: Eugene Ulrich (Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame, Indiana) ,
Frank Moore Cross ,
Sidnie White Crawford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Volume: XIV
Dimensions:
Width: 23.90cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 32.60cm
Weight: 1.248kg
ISBN: 9780198263661
ISBN 10: 019826366
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 28 March 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`the quality of the scholarship from each of the editors is high, as is the standard of presentation .,.. This volume is an essential tool for scholars interested in Pentateuchal text criticism or in the history of the biblical text.' Edward D. Herbert, Glasgow Bible College, Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, Spring 1997`They contain a wealth of primary data for the text criticism of the first four books of the Bible...This volume contains two texts of major importance ...there is no substitute for the full edition of all the fragments. These volumes provide very strong evidence that the work is now in capable hands and is proceeding apace.' The Journal of Religion`This material is extremely important for our understanding of the textual transmission of the biblical texts and some of it illuminates the liturgical use of that text as well ... As a group, these copies of Deuteronomy from Cave 4 are quite important for the history of the text of the book.' James R. Davila, Jrnl of Semitic Studies
All biblical scholars are indebted to the editors for this exemplary edition. Journal of Religion No serious students of Qumran will want to be without this painstakingly produced and reasonably priced volume. Expository Times
All biblical scholars are indebted to the editors for this exemplary edition. Journal of Religion No serious students of Qumran will want to be without this painstakingly produced and reasonably priced volume. Expository Times
