Authoritative scriptures in ancient Judaism /
edited by Mladen Popović.
- 1 online resource (viii, 394 pages)
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 141 .
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 141. .
"This volume is a collection of contributions that reflect on the issue of the authoritativeness of Scriptures in Second Temple period Judaism. They result from a conference that the Qumran Institute organized on 28-29 April 2008"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introducing Authoritative scriptures in ancient Judaism / Rethinking the Bible : sixty years of Dead Sea Scrolls research and beyond / The "apocalyptic" community, the matrix of the teacher and rewriting scripture / Authoritative scriptures and scribal culture / From 4QReworked Pentateuch to 4QPentateuch / Authoritative scripture as reflected in the textual transmission of the biblical books : the case of 1 Kings 3-10 / Quelques observations sur le 'canon' des <<Écrits>> / Reflections on the status of the early Enochic writings / Aramaic texts from Qumran and the authoritativeness of Hebrew scriptures : preliminary observations / Daniel and the Daniel Qumran cycle : observations on 4QFour Kingdoms a-b (4Q552-553) / Pluralism and authoritativeness : the case of the S tradition / Prophecy and history in the Pesharim / Prophet, books and texts : Ezekiel, Pseudo-Ezekiel and the authoritativeness of Ezekiel traditions in early Judaism / Text and figure in ancient Jewish Paideia / Ancestral, oracular and prophetic authority : "scriptural authority" according to Paul and Philo / "The words of the prophecy of this book" : playing with scriptural authority in the Book of Revelation / From holy books to holy bible : an itinerary from ancient Greece to modern Islam via Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity / Mladen Popović -- Florentino García Martínez -- George J. Brooke -- Arie van der Kooij -- Emanuel Tov -- Julio Trebolle -- Émile Puech -- Michael A. Knibb -- Eibert Tigchelaar -- Albert L.A. Hogeterp -- Charlotte Hempel -- John J. Collins -- Mladen Popović -- Hindy Najman -- George H. van Kooten -- Tobias Nicklas -- Jan N. Bremmer.
Many scholars of the Second Temple period have replaced the concept of canonization by that of canonical process. Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been crucial for this new direction. Based on this new evidence taxonomic terms like biblical, nonbiblical or parabiblical seem anachronistic for the period before 70 C.E. The notion of authoritative Scriptures plays an important part in the new paradigm of canonical process, but it has not yet been sufficiently reflected upon and is in need of clarification. Why were some texts more authoritative than others? For whom and in what contexts were tex.
In English; one paper in French.
9789004185302 9004185305 9789004190740 9004190740
10.1163/ej.9789004185302.i-402 doi
Bible.--Old Testament--Evidences, authority, etc.--History--To 1500--Congresses Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses Dead Sea scrolls--Congresses Bible. Bible.--Old Testament. Dead Sea scrolls.