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Aramaica Qumranica
Proceedings of the Conference on the Aramaic Texts from Qumran in Aix-en-Provence 30 June - 2 July 2008
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 94
The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls represent roughly 13% of the Qumran library and correspond to a wide range of genres and topics. This book consists of the proceedings of a conference on the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran which took place in Aix-en-Provence in 2008. It includes both the papers themselves and a transcription of the discussions. The 22 papers tackle linguistic, exegetical and historical questions, focusing in particular on: the relation of the Aramaic texts to what we know as the Hebrew Bible; their literary genres; the question of their sectarian or non-sectarian provenance; the character of the corpus, and specifically its relevance to the development of apocalypticism and messianism in the Jewish tradition.
Contributors include: Hugo Antonissen, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Moshe J. Bernstein, Katell Berthelot, John J. Collins, Devorah Dimant, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Esther Eshel, Hanan Eshel (×"×), Steve Fassberg, Jörg Frey, Florentino Garcia-Martinez, Jan Joosten, Armin Lange, Michael Langlois, Thierry Legrand, André Lemaire, Emile Puech, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Michael Stone, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Samuel Thomas, and Matthias Weigold.
Contributors include: Hugo Antonissen, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Moshe J. Bernstein, Katell Berthelot, John J. Collins, Devorah Dimant, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Esther Eshel, Hanan Eshel (×"×), Steve Fassberg, Jörg Frey, Florentino Garcia-Martinez, Jan Joosten, Armin Lange, Michael Langlois, Thierry Legrand, André Lemaire, Emile Puech, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Michael Stone, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Samuel Thomas, and Matthias Weigold.
Katell Berthelot, Ph. D. (2001) in History of Religions, Sorbonne University (Paris), is Researcher at the CNRS, France. She has published extensively on Judaism in the Greco-Roman world, including Philanthrôpia judaica. Le débat autour de la âmisanthropieâ des lois juives dans lâAntiquité (Brill, 2003).
Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Ph. D. (2002) in Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Researcher at the CNRS, France. He has published extensively on Early Judaism and Early Christianity, including The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 2003).
Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Ph. D. (2002) in Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Researcher at the CNRS, France. He has published extensively on Early Judaism and Early Christianity, including The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 2003).
The editors are to be commended for producing an exceptionally fine volume, which makes a substantial improvement to our understanding of the context and nature of the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran: a highly enigmatic, albeit distinct corpus.
Sandra Jacobs
Kingâs College, London
It is worth stressing that most of the papers are followed by a response or/and discussions also published in the book. This precious detail allows the reader not only to feel the atmosphere of the lively discussion but to follow the reactions of other scholars to theories and explanations proposed in the papers. The whole book is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion on the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran, their literary forms, origin, and ways of their modern explanations.
Henryk Drawnel
Institute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Sandra Jacobs
Kingâs College, London
It is worth stressing that most of the papers are followed by a response or/and discussions also published in the book. This precious detail allows the reader not only to feel the atmosphere of the lively discussion but to follow the reactions of other scholars to theories and explanations proposed in the papers. The whole book is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion on the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran, their literary forms, origin, and ways of their modern explanations.
Henryk Drawnel
Institute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Preface
Katell BERTHELOT & Daniel STÃKL BEN EZRA, Aramaica Qumranica: Introduction
PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES
Devorah DIMANT, Themes and Genres in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Discussion
Ãmile PUECH, Le volume XXXVII des Discoveries in the Judaean Desert et les manuscrits araméens du lot Starcky
Discussion
PART II: LINGUISTICA ET ONOMASTICA
Steven F. FASSBERG, Salient Features of the Verbal System in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls
Response by Jan Joosten and Discussion
Jan JOOSTEN, Lâaraméen de Qumran entre lâaraméen dâempire et les Targumim : Lâemploi de la préposition « devant » pour exprimer le respect dû au roi et à Dieu
Response by Ursula Schattner-Rieser and Discussion
Ursula SCHATTNER-RIESER, Lâapport de la philologie araméenne et l'interprétation des archaïsmes linguistiques pour la datation des textes araméens de Qumrân
Response by Stephen Fassberg and Discussion
André LEMAIRE, Nabonide et Gilgamesh: Lâaraméen en Mésopotamie et à Qoumrân
Response by Jonathan Ben-Dov and Discussion
Michael LANGLOIS, Shemihazah et compagnie(s). Onomastique des anges déchus dans les manuscrits araméens du Livre dâHénoch
Response by Esther Eshel and Discussion
PART III: EXEGESIS AND GENRES
Katell BERTHELOT, References to Biblical Texts in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
Armin LANGE, âThe False Prophets Who Arose against Our Godâ (4Q339 1)
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Thierry LEGRAND, Exégèses targumiques et techniques de réécriture dans lâApocryphe de la Genèse (1QapGen ar)
Response by Moshe Bernstein and Discussion
Loren T. STUCKENBRUCK, The Lamech Narrative in the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) and Birth of Noah (4QEnochc ar): A Tradition-Historical Study
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Esther ESHEL, The Genesis Apocryphon and Other Related Aramaic Texts from Qumran: The Birth of Noah
Response by André Lemaire and Discussion
Matthias WEIGOLD, Aramaic Wunderkind: The Birth of Noah in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Thierry Legrand and Discussion
Moshe J. BERNSTEIN, The Genre(s) of the Genesis Apocryphon
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Jörg FREY, On the Origins of the Genre of the âLiterary Testamentâ: Farewell Discourses in the Qumran Library and Their Relevance for the History of the Genre
Response by Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra and Discussion
PART IV: SCIENCE AND ESOTERICS
Jonathan BEN-DOV, Scientific Writings in Aramaic and Hebrew at Qumran: Translation and Concealment
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
Samuel THOMAS, Esoteric Knowledge in Qumran Aramaic Texts
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
PART V: APOCALYPTICA ET ESCHATOLOGICA
Florentino GARCÃA MARTÃNEZ, Aramaica qumranica apocalyptica?
Response by Katell Berthelot and Discussion
Lorenzo DITOMMASO, Apocalypticism and the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Samuel Thomas and Discussion
Hugo ANTONISSEN, Architectural Representation Technique in New Jerusalem, Ezekiel and the Temple Scroll
Response by Lorenzo DiTommaso and Discussion
Daniel STÃKL BEN EZRA, Messianic Figures in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Florentino GarcÃa MartÃnez and Discussion
PART VI: CONCLUSION
John COLLINS, The Aramaic Texts from Qumran: Conclusions and Perspectives
Discussion
Index of Sources
Katell BERTHELOT & Daniel STÃKL BEN EZRA, Aramaica Qumranica: Introduction
PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES
Devorah DIMANT, Themes and Genres in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Discussion
Ãmile PUECH, Le volume XXXVII des Discoveries in the Judaean Desert et les manuscrits araméens du lot Starcky
Discussion
PART II: LINGUISTICA ET ONOMASTICA
Steven F. FASSBERG, Salient Features of the Verbal System in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls
Response by Jan Joosten and Discussion
Jan JOOSTEN, Lâaraméen de Qumran entre lâaraméen dâempire et les Targumim : Lâemploi de la préposition « devant » pour exprimer le respect dû au roi et à Dieu
Response by Ursula Schattner-Rieser and Discussion
Ursula SCHATTNER-RIESER, Lâapport de la philologie araméenne et l'interprétation des archaïsmes linguistiques pour la datation des textes araméens de Qumrân
Response by Stephen Fassberg and Discussion
André LEMAIRE, Nabonide et Gilgamesh: Lâaraméen en Mésopotamie et à Qoumrân
Response by Jonathan Ben-Dov and Discussion
Michael LANGLOIS, Shemihazah et compagnie(s). Onomastique des anges déchus dans les manuscrits araméens du Livre dâHénoch
Response by Esther Eshel and Discussion
PART III: EXEGESIS AND GENRES
Katell BERTHELOT, References to Biblical Texts in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
Armin LANGE, âThe False Prophets Who Arose against Our Godâ (4Q339 1)
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Thierry LEGRAND, Exégèses targumiques et techniques de réécriture dans lâApocryphe de la Genèse (1QapGen ar)
Response by Moshe Bernstein and Discussion
Loren T. STUCKENBRUCK, The Lamech Narrative in the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) and Birth of Noah (4QEnochc ar): A Tradition-Historical Study
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Esther ESHEL, The Genesis Apocryphon and Other Related Aramaic Texts from Qumran: The Birth of Noah
Response by André Lemaire and Discussion
Matthias WEIGOLD, Aramaic Wunderkind: The Birth of Noah in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Thierry Legrand and Discussion
Moshe J. BERNSTEIN, The Genre(s) of the Genesis Apocryphon
Response by Hanan Eshel and Discussion
Jörg FREY, On the Origins of the Genre of the âLiterary Testamentâ: Farewell Discourses in the Qumran Library and Their Relevance for the History of the Genre
Response by Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra and Discussion
PART IV: SCIENCE AND ESOTERICS
Jonathan BEN-DOV, Scientific Writings in Aramaic and Hebrew at Qumran: Translation and Concealment
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
Samuel THOMAS, Esoteric Knowledge in Qumran Aramaic Texts
Response by Michael Stone and Discussion
PART V: APOCALYPTICA ET ESCHATOLOGICA
Florentino GARCÃA MARTÃNEZ, Aramaica qumranica apocalyptica?
Response by Katell Berthelot and Discussion
Lorenzo DITOMMASO, Apocalypticism and the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Samuel Thomas and Discussion
Hugo ANTONISSEN, Architectural Representation Technique in New Jerusalem, Ezekiel and the Temple Scroll
Response by Lorenzo DiTommaso and Discussion
Daniel STÃKL BEN EZRA, Messianic Figures in the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Response by Florentino GarcÃa MartÃnez and Discussion
PART VI: CONCLUSION
John COLLINS, The Aramaic Texts from Qumran: Conclusions and Perspectives
Discussion
Index of Sources
All those interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible, Aramaic language and literature, and the history of Judaism in Antiquity.