Sacred Texts and Disparate Interpretations: Qumran Manuscripts Seventy Years Later: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 24–26 October 2017

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The essays in Sacred Texts and Disparate Interpretations shed new light on core themes in Qumran studies, such as the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, history of the Qumran community, Hebrew philology and paleography, Wisdom and religious poetry. Contents Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Qumran Manuscripts Seventy Years Later Part 1 Hebrew Bible and Qumran Manuscripts Chapter 1 Are There Mastercopies for Genealogically Related Biblical Texts in Qumran? The Question of Archetypes and Lineages of Biblical Text Witnesses Chapter 2 Room for Further Investigation Opened by BHQ. Three Examples (Genesis 33:18, 20 and 35:7) Chapter 3 The Background and Origin of the Qumran Corpus of Scripture Texts Part 2 Qumran Literature and the Second Temple Period Chapter 4 Are the Dead Sea Scrolls Pharisaic? Chapter 5 The Changing Views of the Hasmoneans in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Examining Seventy Years of Research Chapter 6 The Wicked Priest, the Righteous Teacher, and the Yaḥad Chapter 7 Women at Qumran? Reconsidering the Textual and Archaeological Data Chapter 8 The Historical Context of the Teacher and His Movement Part 3 Philology and Palaeography Chapter 9 Assembled Israel: Performativity in Rewritten Bible at Qumran Chapter 10 Late Hebrew Forms in 1QIsaa Chapter 11 Qumran Hebrew from the Perspective of Verbal Valence Patterns Chapter 12 Seventy Years of Palaeographic Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls Part 4 Wisdom and Religious Poetry Chapter 13 The Human Spirit and the Holy Spirit in the Qumran Hodayot Chapter 14 Tôrah and Wisdom in the Rules Texts from Qumran Chapter 15 Spiritual Battles of the Sage: “Walking in the Way of His [God’s] Heart.” Transformation in 1QHa Part 5 Interpreting Single Texts Chapter 16 The Dead Sea Scrolls and How to Recognize a “Scripture” Chapter 17 White of Complexion and Delicate Fingered: Notes on Sarah’s Beauty in 1QapGen ar XX, 2–8 Chapter 18 Scribal Error or Scribal Innovation? A Closer Look at the Law(s) of Seduction and Rape in the Temple Scroll Index of References Index of Modern Authors