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Author Jassen, Alex P.

Title Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (322 pages)
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Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; A Note on Style and Translation; Abbreviations and Sigla; Dead Sea Scrolls Sigla and Textual Notations; Abbreviations of Ancient Texts; Hebrew Bible and Second Temple-Period Texts; Ancient Versions; Dead Sea Scrolls (frequently cited manuscripts); Rabbinic Texts; Rabbinic Collections; Names of Specific Tractates; Modern Publications; 1 Introduction; I. Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls; II. Goals and Focus of This Study; Scripture, Prophecy, and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Jewish LawIII. Earlier Scholarship; IV. Statement of Method; On Legal Exegesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls; The Dead Sea Scrolls and Comparative History of Jewish Law; V. Outline of the Present Study; 2 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Jewish Law and Legal Exegesis; I. Introduction; II. Ancient Israelite Law in Transition, Part 1: The Second Temple Period; III. Ancient Israelite Law in Transition, Part 2: Rabbinic Judaism; IV. The Dynamics of Ancient Jewish Law and Legal Exegesis in Dialogue; V. Conclusions.
3 Jewish Legal Exegesis and the Origins and Development of the CanonI. Introduction; II. The "Old" Model of Canon Formation; III. Toward a New Model of Canon Formation: Literary and Textual Diversity; IV. The Canonical Process and Authority in Second Temple Judaism; Individual Scriptural Books and the Canonical Process; The Pentateuch and the Canonical Process; The "Prophets" and the Canonical Process; V. The Canonical Process and Authority in Rabbinic Judaism; VI. Between Scriptural Formation and Scriptural Interpretation; VII. Conclusions.
4 Isaiah 58:13 and the Sabbath Prohibition on Speech in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Part 1I. Introduction; II. Sabbath "Law" in Isaiah 58:13; III. Text and Translation: Damascus Document (CD) 10:17-19 (par. 4Q270 6v 3-4); IV. Isaiah 58:13 in the Damascus Document; The "Vile and Empty Word"; Isaiah 58:13 and Laws 1 and 2 in the Damascus Document; Isaiah 58:13 and Law 3 in the Damascus Document; V. Conclusions; 5 Isaiah 58:13 and the Sabbath Prohibition on Speech in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Part 2; I. Introduction; II. Text and Translation: 4Q264a 1 I 5-8 (par. 4Q421 13+2+8 1-5).
III. Isaiah 58:13 in 4QHalakha B4Q264a 1 I 5, CD 10:17-21, and the Absence of Isaiah 58:13; 4Q264a 1 I 6-7, CD 10:18-19, and Isaiah 58:13; 4Q264a 1 I 7-8, CD 10:17-18, and Isaiah 58:13; IV. Conclusions; 6 Isaiah 58:13 and the Sabbath Prohibition on Speech in the Book of Jubilees and Rabbinic Literature; I. Introduction; II. Isaiah 58:13 and the Restriction on Speech in the Book of Jubilees; III. The Restriction on Speech in Rabbinic Literature; Isaiah 58:13 and the Restriction on Business-Related Speech; Isaiah 58:13 and the General Restriction on Idle and Nonsacred Speech.
Note Rabbinic Counter-Exegetical Traditions: The Absence of Isaiah 58:13.
Summary This book examines the interpretation of biblical law in the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Judaism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-283) and index.
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Subject Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Jewish law.
Jewish law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jassen, Alex P. Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2014 9780521196048
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