by hadassah | Sep 7, 2015 | Apocryphal Literature
Remarks on the Testament of Kohath from Qumran Cave 4, Edward Cook, Journal of Jewish Studies 44, p.205-219. The recent publication of the fragmentary Testament of Kohath from Qumran Cave 4 (4QTQahat) is a welcome addition to the small but growing body of...
by hadassah | Sep 7, 2015 | Apocryphal Literature
Genesis Apocryphon in the Light of the Targumim and Midrashim, Manfred Lehmann, Revue de Qumran 1, p.249-264. The publication of parts of the Dead Sea Genesis Apocryphon from 1 Qumran (1) brings to us an example of Biblical text treatment much closer to...
by hadassah | Sep 7, 2015 | Apocryphal Literature
Ben Sira and the Qumran Literature, Manfred Lehmann, Revue de Qumran 3 (1961), p.103-116. Shortly after the first Dead Sea Scrolls became known to the scholarly world, Professor Albright stated (1): «The content of the new documents fits satisfactorily into the...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
Jubilees, Book of, James VanderKam, Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. David Noel Freedman), Doubleday, New York 1992. JUBILEES, BOOK OF. Jubilees presents itself as the account of a revelation which was disclosed to Moses on Mt. Sinai. After a prefatory chapter in...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
The Sapiential Texts, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. We next look at a set of wisdom texts that had a somewhat different history. Known only through the Qumran collection, these texts seem...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
Wisdom and the Mysteries of Creation, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. Among the vital contributions that ancient Near Eastern culture made to the history of Judaism was the tradition of...
