Rewriting Generations of Truth: The Words of Qahat and Manuscript 4Q542* in Context /

Rewriting Generations of Truth: The Words of Qahat and Manuscript 4Q542* in Context /

Rewriting Generations of Truth takes the text and manuscript evidence of Words of Qahat (4Q542*) as a vantage point to assess editorial methods and textual classification of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Van der Schoor argues for a different distribution of 4Q542 and 4Q547 fragments, employing the resulting...

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Main Author: Schoor, Hanneke van der (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah ; 155.

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Biblical Studies.

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Call Number: BS709.4

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Rewriting Generations of Truth
  • 1 The Words of Qahat
  • 2 Reviewing Manuscript 4Q542 from Qumran Cave 4
  • 3 Scribal and Interpretative Communities
  • 4 The Classification of an Aramaic Text
  • 5 Outline of the Book
  • Part 1 The Material and Textual Evidence of 4Q542*
  • 2 Fragments, Manuscripts and Compositions of Qahat and Amram
  • 1 Conceptualising Texts and Manuscripts
  • 2 Editorial Decisions for 4Q542 and 4Q547
  • 3 The "Manuscript" of the Words of Qahat
  • 4 The "Composition" Preserved in 4Q542*
  • 3 The Text of a Qahat and Amram Apocryphon
  • 1 Diplomatic Edition of 4Q542*
  • 2 Qahat and Amram Apocryphon
  • 3 Salient Features of the Words of Qahat
  • 4 A Scribal Community from the Perspective of 4Q542*
  • 1 Modeling Textual Communities for WQ
  • 2 A "Scholarly" Community with an Unskilled Scribe
  • 3 Collaboration on Manuscripts? Corrections in 4Q542*
  • 4 Conclusions
  • Part 2 The Words of Qahat in Context
  • 5 The Social Location(s) of Qahat's Admonitions: The Words of Qahat in an Aramaic "Collection"
  • 1 Words of Qahat as an Aramaic Text
  • 2 Conceptualising the Background of Aramaic Texts
  • 3 Aramaic Constellations and Language Choice
  • 4 An Originally Hebrew Qahat Text?
  • 5 Social Location(s) for the Words of Qahat
  • 6 The Concept of a Priestly Trilogy and the Words of Qahat
  • 1 The Constellation of Three Priestly Texts-A Trilogy?
  • 2 Particularities within the Trilogy
  • 3 Positioning the Testament of Jacob (4Q537)
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 7 Towards New Interpretative Backgrounds for the Words of Qahat
  • 1 Light on the Structure of Qahat's Blessing- WQ and ApocrL
  • 2 Interpretative Backgrounds for Preservation of Inheritance
  • 3 Concluding Remarks
  • 8 Words of Qahat in an Eschatological Constellation
  • 1 Correlating WQ with the Apocalypse of Weeks and 4QTime of Righteousness
  • 2 Time Periods in World History
  • 3 Portrayals of a Future World- WQ Recontextualised
  • 4 The Assessment of Constellations
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Conclusions
  • 1 Renewing Interpretations of the Words of Qahat
  • 2 Continuing the Process of Rewriting
  • Bibliography
  • Index.