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Rewriting and interpreting the Hebrew Bible : the biblical patriarchs in the light of the Dead Sea scrolls / edited by Devorah Dimant and Reinhard G. Kratz.

Contributor(s): Dimant, Devorah | Kratz, Reinhard Gregor, 1957-
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew Original language: Hebrew Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft: 439.Publisher: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: viii, 299 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783110290424 (hardcover : alk. paper); 3110290421 (hardcover : alk. paper)Other title: Biblical patriarchs in the light of the Dead Sea scrollsSubject(s): Patriarchs (Bible) | Dead Sea scrolls | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 221.609/01 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Bible interpreting itself / Moshe Bar-Asher -- Textual harmonization in the stories of the patriarchs / Emmanuel Tov -- Where are the patriarchs in the literature of Qumran? / Moshe J. Bernstein -- The first patriarchs : law and narrative in the Garden of Eden story / Michael Segal -- The flood as a preamble to the lives of the patriarchs : the perspective of Qumran Hebrew texts / Devorah Dimant -- The flood as a preamble to the lives of the patriarchs : the biblical perspective / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Sodom and Gomorrah : from the Bible to Qumran / Roman Vielhauer -- Jacob and his house in the scrolls from Qumran / George J. Brooke -- With my sword and bow : Jacob as warrior in Jubilees / Atar Livneh -- Levi, the Levites, and the law / Harald Samuel -- The burial of the fathers in the Visions of Amram from Qumran / Liora Goldman -- The patriarchs and halakhah in the Dead Sea scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Shabbat, circumcision and circumcision on Shabbat in Jubilees and the Dead Sea scrolls / Aharon Shemesh.

Contains passages in Hebrew with English translation.

"The essays assembled in this volume are based on the lectures given in an international symposium held in Göttingen, May 2-4, 2011...."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Bible interpreting itself / Moshe Bar-Asher -- Textual harmonization in the stories of the patriarchs / Emmanuel Tov -- Where are the patriarchs in the literature of Qumran? / Moshe J. Bernstein -- The first patriarchs : law and narrative in the Garden of Eden story / Michael Segal -- The flood as a preamble to the lives of the patriarchs : the perspective of Qumran Hebrew texts / Devorah Dimant -- The flood as a preamble to the lives of the patriarchs : the biblical perspective / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Sodom and Gomorrah : from the Bible to Qumran / Roman Vielhauer -- Jacob and his house in the scrolls from Qumran / George J. Brooke -- With my sword and bow : Jacob as warrior in Jubilees / Atar Livneh -- Levi, the Levites, and the law / Harald Samuel -- The burial of the fathers in the Visions of Amram from Qumran / Liora Goldman -- The patriarchs and halakhah in the Dead Sea scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Shabbat, circumcision and circumcision on Shabbat in Jubilees and the Dead Sea scrolls / Aharon Shemesh.

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