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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Transmission of Traditions and Production of Texts (Studies of the Texts of The Desert of Judah)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2010
ISBN
9004185844, 9789004185845
LCC
BM487 .D4498 2010
Open Library ID
OL24566819M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4115694 bytes)
Pages
288\288
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

How were Jewish texts produced and transmitted in late antiquity? What role did scribal practices play in the shaping of both scriptural and interpretive traditions, which areas the Scrolls show so decisivelyintimately intertwined? How were texts assembled from a variety of earlier sources, both oral and written? Why were they often attributed to pseudonymous authors from the remote past such as Moses and David? How did the composers of these texts understand the enterprise in which they were engaged? This volume furthers current debates about Qumran Scribal Practice and the transmission of traditions in Jewish Antiquity. It is published with the conviction that the transmission of traditions and the details of scribal practicesso often treated separatelyshould be considered in conversation with each other.

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