Levinson, Bernard M.
A More Perfect Torah
- ISBN 13:
- 9781575062594
- author:
- Levinson, Bernard M.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Eisenbrauns
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 168
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Religion, Bible, Criticism, Interpretation,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
A More Perfect Torah explores the intersection of philology and hermeneutics in Deuteronomy and the Temple Scroll. This study brings together two approaches to understand how the composition history of biblical texts informs their reception history at Qumran and in rabbinic literature. The volume examines the techniques used in the Temple Scroll to create a more perfect Torah, including its methods for marking conditional clauses in ancient Near Eastern literature and biblical law. It also investigates the relationship between these techniques and the manuscript's organized spacing system for marking paragraphs. By analyzing the reception history of specific laws, such as Deuteronomy's Law of Vows, this study sheds new light on the composition history of biblical texts. The result is a nuanced understanding of how ancient Jewish interpretations shaped the meaning of sacred law.
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