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Author:   Daniel Machiela
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   140
Weight:   1.799kg
ISBN:  

9789004513785

ISBN 10:   9004513787
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Figures, Tables, and Charts Abbreviations 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 Qumran and Second Temple Judaism  2 Delineating the Corpus  3 Introduction to the Manuscripts Profiles 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 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) 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 Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors

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Daniel Machiela, Ph.D. (2007), University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor at that University. He specializes in ancient Judaism and earliest Christianity, with emphases on biblical interpretation and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Previous publications include The Dead Sea Genesis Apocryphon (Brill, 2009).

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