4QMMT

by Von Weissenberg, Hanne

• ISBN13: 9789004173798
• ISBN10: 900417379X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book focuses on the third section of one of the most important documents from the Qumran library, the epilogue of 4QMMT. It re-evaluates the textual basis for this section, and analyses how the epilogue functions as a part of the larger document. In addition to addressing the structure and genre of 4QMMT, this volume analyzes the use of Scripture in the epilogue in order to illuminate the theological agenda of the documents author/redactor. Although this book s primary focus is on the epilogue, the results of this investigation shed light on 4QMMT as a whole.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Abbreviations and Sigla	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Research and Publication History of 4QMMT	p. 2
The State of the Question	p. 7
The Genre of 4QMMT	p. 9
The Date of the Document	p. 15
The Dramatis Personae 'We'-'You'-They'	p. 17
We = The Authors	p. 17
You (sg. and pl.) = The Addressee(s)	p. 20
They = The Opponents	p. 21
The Historical Setting	p. 22
Reconstructing the Text of 4QMMT	p. 25
The Goal of the Present Study	p. 27
The Manuscripts and the Composite Text of 4QMMT	p. 31
The Calendar Fragments: 4Q394 1-2 Calendrical Document D	p. 33
Material Evidence for the Halakhic Section and the Epilogue	p. 38
Manuscripts Preserving Fragments from both the Halakhic Section and the Epilogue	p. 40
The Transition from the Halakhic Section to the Epilogue	p. 43
The Overlapping Sections of the Manuscripts of 4QMMT	p. 44
Transcription of the Fragments of the Epilogue	p. 48
Manuscript 4Q397	p. 48
Manuscript 4Q398	p. 53
Manuscript 4Q399	p. 62
The Synopsis of the Manuscripts of the Epilogue	p. 65
The Composite Text of DJD X Reconsidered	p. 66
Comments Based on Manuscript 4Q397	p. 66
Comments Based on Manuscript 4Q398	p. 70
Variant Readings of the Manuscripts	p. 71
Variant Readings in the Halakhic Section	p. 72
Variant Readings in the Epilogue	p. 80
The Placement of Fragments 4Q398 11-13 Within the Epilogue	p. 85
Conclusions	p. 90
The Composite Text of the Epilogue: An Alternative Arrangement With a Translation	p. 95
The Composite Text	p. 96
Notes on the Reconstructions of the Lacunae	p. 99
Translation of the Composite Text	p. 102
The Structure of 4QMMT	p. 105
The Contents of the Halakhic Section and the Epilogue	p. 106
Diversity between the Halakhic Section and the Epilogue: Syntax, Vocabulary, and Subject Matter	p. 110
Syntax and Vocabulary	p. 110
References to the Priests	p. 114
Subject Matter	p. 115
Earlier Halakhic Sources or/and Redactional Activity?	p. 117
Biblical Laws and Deuteronomy as a Model	p. 120
Deuteronomy in the Halakhic Section	p. 121
Deuteronomy in the Epilogue	p. 126
The Problem of the Calendar	p. 129
The Dramatis Personae	p. 134
Conclusions	p. 141
The Genre of 4QMMT	p. 144
Defining the Epistolary Genre: Letters and Literary Epistles	p. 146
Defining the Genre: A Treatise	p. 159
4QMMT and the Formal Markers of the Epistolary Genre	p. 161
Conclusions	p. 167
The Use of Scripture in the Epilogue	p. 169
Methodological Considerations	p. 169
Analysis of the Passages	p. 180
A History-Based Exhortation with a Reference to the Blessings and Curses	p. 182
An Admonition to Maintain the Purity of the Cult	p. 191
A Statement about the Separation	p. 201
The Alleged Reference to a Tripartite Canon	p. 204
An Exhortation to Repentance and Return with a Reference to the Blessings and Curses	p. 206
A Paraenetic Conclusion with a Reference to the Halakhic Interpretation	p. 213
Conclusions	p. 218
Qumranic-non-Qumranic?	p. 219
Setting	p. 221
The Addressee-The Genre	p. 224
Summary and Conclusions	p. 226
The Textual Basis of the Epilogue	p. 226
The Calendar	p. 230
The Structure of 4QMMT and the Content of the Epilogue: Covenantal Motives in 4QMMT	p. 230
The Author, the Addressee, and the Genre	p. 232
The Use of Scripture	p. 233
Provenance: Is 4QMMT a Sectarian Text?	p. 234
Bibliography	p. 237
Indices	p. 253
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