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Rewriting Generations of Truth: The Words of Qahat and Manuscript 4Q542* in Context
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 155
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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 manuscript to consider writing and correction practices in scribal communities behind the Scrolls. Based on terminological similarities, she correlates textual traditions beyond linguistic boundaries and alleged provenance. Contextualising Words of Qahat within the Second Temple Period, particularly 4QApocalypse of Weeks, 4QTime of Righteousness and 4QLevi Apocryphon, highlights sapiential and eschatological elements in Words of Qahat.
Hanneke van der Schoor, Ph.D. (2022, KU Leuven) is a scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Targum, with special attention to palaeography, corrections and fragmentary manuscripts of Aramaic textual traditions, with publications in Dead Sea Discoveries and Revue de Qumran.
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
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
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
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