Qumran Cave 4: VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part I

by Harold Attridge, Torleif Elgvin, Jozef Milik, Saul Olyan, John Strugnell

Overview

This volume, the latest in this pathbreaking series, contains a collection of compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran, written during the Second Temple Period and linked to the Hebrew Bible through text, characters, themes, or genre. Some were completely unknown before their discovery here. The documents greatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation at this period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198267607
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/25/1995
Series:	Discoveries in the Judaean Desert , #8
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	12.55(w) x 9.47(h) x 1.47(d)
Lexile:	1320L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Notre Dame

Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo

Brown University

Harvard Divinity School

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

University of Notre Dame

Albright College

Editorial Reviews

"[A] magnificent publication....The transcriptions are clear and true to the photographs and the text notations provide a wealth of information about proposed readings as well as variants....Those who pursue Old Testament criticism with any degree of care and precision cannot be without this authoritative publication. The editors and the publisher are to be commended for a job well done."—Bibliotheca Sacra

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