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 Northern Lights on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Proceedings of the Nordic Qumran Network 2003-2006

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xiv)   (171K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface
  • From Bible To Midrash: Approaches To Biblical Interpretation In The Dead Sea Scrolls By Modern Interpreters (1-20) by George J. Brooke   (142K)
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    • Preliminary Issues
    • Backwards And Forwards
    • Forwards And Backwards
    • Looking All Around
    • With Modern Methods In Mind
    • Conclusions
  • Anatomy Of A Scene: Noah’S Covenant In Genesis Apocryphon XI (21-40) by Daniel K. Falk   (161K)
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    • Noah’S Covenant In The Genesis Apocryphon
    • Noah’S Covenant And Genesis 1:28–30
    • Noah’S Covenant And Abraham’S Covenant
    • Conclusion
  • The Dream Visions In The Noah Story Of The Genesis Apocryphon And Related Texts (41-62) by Esther Eshel   (183K)
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    • The First And Second Tree Images In The Genesis Apocryphon
    • The Third Tree Image In The Genesis Apocryphon
    • The Tree Image Of Noah In Other Related Sources
    • The Dream-Visions Of The Trees In The Book Of Giants
    • The First Set Of Dreams In The Book Of Giants
    • The Second Set Of Dreams In The Book Of Giants
    • Conclusions
  • Selection, Election, And Rejection: Interpretation Of Genesis In 4q252 (63-82) by Juhana Markus Saukkonen   (149K)
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    • The Problem Of 4q252
    • Notes On Form, Focus, And Technique Of Interpretation
    • From Noah To The Messiah: The Inner Coherence Of 4q252
    • The Genre And Purpose Of 4q252
  • Geography And Ideology In The Copper Scroll (3q15) From Qumran (83-106) by Jesper Høgenhaven   (198K)
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    • The “Historicity” Of The Copper Scroll Treasure
    • A Geographical Structure In The Copper Scroll?
    • Biblical Place-Names In 3q15
    • Purity And Impurity And The Geography Of The Copper Scroll
    • Place-Names Not In The Copper Scroll
    • The Copper Scroll As A Literary Text: Concluding Remarks
  • The Two Historical Layers Of Pesher Habakkuk (107-118) by Hanan Eshel   (138K)
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    • A. 1qphab Is A Copy Of An Earlier Scroll
    • B. The Literary Units Of 1qphab
    • C. The Nature Of The Modification Process Documented In 1qphab
    • Summary
  • Who Are The “Fools” In 4qnarrative And Poetic Composition A-C? (119-134) by Magnar Kartveit   (181K)
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    • The Manuscripts
    • The Character Of The Text
    • Literary Context
    • The Dwellers In Joseph’S Land According To 4q372
    • The City Of Fools
    • Conclusion
  • The Question Of Scribal Exegesis At Qumran (135-154) by Jonathan Norton   (203K)
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    • Social Historical Construction Of Scribes
    • Conclusion
  • Reading The Human Body And Discerning Zodiacal Spirits: A Proposal For The Use Of Physiognomics In The Dead Sea Scrolls (155-172) by Mladen Popović   (200K)
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    • The Physiognomic Gaze And Astrology
    • Astrological Concepts In 4qzodiacal Physiognomy
    • Zodiacal Spirits
    • Conclusion: Discerning The Nature Of Zodiacal Spirits
  • A Brotherhood At Qumran? Metaphorical Familial Language In The Dead Sea Scrolls (173-204) by Jutta Jokiranta and Cecilia Wassen   (239K)
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    • Metaphor Theory And Social Identity Approach
    • Extended Family
    • Father/s And Mother/s
    • Children
    • Brothers
    • Concluding Reflections On Hierarchy And Equality
  • The Reconstruction Of 4qmmt: A Methodological Critique (205-216) by Ian Werrett   (165K)
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    • Clean And Unclean Animals
    • The Consumption Of Meat In 4q265 And 11q19
    • Corpse Impurity And Bones
    • Conclusion
  • 4qmmt—Some New Readings (217-222) by Hanne Von Weissenberg   (138K)
  • How To Reconstruct A Fragmented Scroll: The Puzzle Of 4q422 (223-236) by Torleif Elgvin   (648K)
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    • The Process Of Reconstruction
    • Translation And Notes
    • An Early Biblical Interpreter
  • A Villain And The Vips: Josephus On Judas The Galilean And The Essenes (237-250) by Gunnar Haaland   (147K)
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    • Narrative Context
    • Narrative Function (I): Explanation
    • Narrative Function (II): Enhancement
    • Authorial Concerns And Strategies: Why And How?
    • Antiquitates 18.4–25
    • How Many Philosophical Schools?
  • The Songs Of The Sabbath Sacrifice And The Heavenly Scene Of The Book Of Revelation (251-266) by Håkan Ulfgard   (184K)
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    • Research On The Relations Between Revelation And The Dead Sea Scrolls—Some Brief Remarks
    • The Songs Of The Sabbath Sacrifice
    • The Book Of Revelation And The Songs Of The Sabbath Sacrifice
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Bibliography (267-288)   (230K)
  • Index Locorum (289-306)   (90K)
  • Index Of Personal Names (307-314)   (120K)