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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784504803321

Autore

Wacholder Ben Zion

Titolo

The new Damascus Document [[electronic resource] ] : The midrash on the eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls : reconstruction, translation and commentary / / by Ben Zion Wacholder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-38435-6

9786611384357

90-474-0641-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Collana

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, , 0169-9962 ; ; v. 56

Disciplina

296.1/55

Soggetti

Zadokites

Qumran community

Eschatology, Jewish

Midrash

Midrash - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes the text of a document reconstructed from manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah and from fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls and given the presumed title "Midrash on the eschatological Torah," taken from the final words of the text.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter One. Introduction / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Two. Text And Translation / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Three. Commentary / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Four. Unincorporated Fragments / B.Z. Wacholder -- Bibliography / B.Z. Wacholder -- Index Of Modern Authors / B.Z. Wacholder -- Subject Index / B.Z. Wacholder -- Index Of Ancient Sources / B.Z. Wacholder.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a composite form under the title Midrash haTorah haAcharon (MTA), the Midrash of the Eschatological Torah, a title which opens a new window into the understanding of the Jewish literary tradition during the period



of the Second Temple, prior to the development of the Talmud and Christianity. Following the composite Hebrew text are a full translation, notes and commentary elucidating the MTA in light of the new evidence provided by these texts and retranslation.