A handbook of the Aramaic scrolls from the Qumran caves : manuscripts, language, and scribal practices
| 1. Verfasser: |
Machiela, Daniel A.
, [VerfasserIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022].
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 electronic resource. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ;
140 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online Zugang: |
open access |
Inhaltsangabe:
- [I]1. Introduction: the Aramaic scrolls from the Qumran caves and the parameters of this study. 1. The current state of research: the Aramaic scrolls in the context of the Qumran library and Second Temple Judaism ; 2. Delineating the corpus ; 3. Introduction to the manuscripts profiles
- [II]2. Manuscript profiles. 1. From Enoch through Abram ; 2. From Jacob through Aaron and his family ; 3. The Assyrian to Persian exiles ; 4. Translations or possible translations ; 5. Miscellaneous texts
- [III]3. Language. 1. Yehezkel Kutscher and the typological method of dating Aramaic texts ; 2. Responses to the typological method ; 3. Scribal preferences and textual transmission I: the evidence for scribal change ; 4. Scribal preferences and textual transmission II: archaisms, archaizing, and lessons from Elephantine and Arsacid Elymais ; 5. A descriptive overview of Qumran Aramaic with reference to bordering Aramaic dialects ; 6. Biblical Aramaic, Qumran Aramaic, and the problem of terminology ; 7. Summary and conclusions: Early Jewish Literary Aramaic (EJLA)
- [IV]4. Manuscript features and scribal practices. 1. Introduction: the historical context of manuscript production and scribal practice at Qumran ; 2. Manuscript features ; 3. Scribal habits ; 4. Concluding observations.
