The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk EPUB
by Timothy H. Lim
Part of the Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls series
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This is the first major commentary in English on Pesher Habakkuk for forty years. It elucidates the nature of 1QpHab as the earliest commentary on the prophecy of Habakkuk by a detailed study of the biblical quotation and sectarian interpretation.
This commentary provides a new edition of the scroll, including new readings, and detailed palaeographical, philological, exegetical and historical notes and discussion. It shows that the pesherist imitates the allusivestyle of the oracles of Habakkuk and also draws on lexemes, phrases, and themes from other biblical texts and Jewish sources. It shows that the pesherist identified the Kittim with the Romans who conquered Judaea in 63 BCE, and suggests that the scroll refers to several righteous and wicked figures,including the last Hasmonean high priests.
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- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:OUP Oxford
- Publication Date:09/04/2020
- ISBN:9780191081422
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:OUP Oxford
- Publication Date:09/04/2020
- ISBN:9780191081422
