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An Aramaic Wisdom Text from Qumran

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This volume deals with the Aramaic Levi Document, also known as Aramaic Levi or the Aramaic Testament of Levi. Chapter one contains a systematic reflection on the content of this Aramaic work, situ...
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  • 30 September 2004
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This volume deals with the Aramaic Levi Document, also known as Aramaic Levi or the Aramaic Testament of Levi. Chapter one contains a systematic reflection on the content of this Aramaic work, situates it in the historical context of the Second Temple period, and looks for an answer as to its literary structure and genre. Then in chapter two the manuscripts from Cairo Genizah, Mount Athos, and Qumran are edited together with their English translation, paleographical notes, and philological comments. Chapter three comments on each literary unit of the Document, its relation to the biblical text, pseudepigraphic Jewish literature, and scribal school practices in ancient Mesopotamia. At the end of the book, the reader may consult Aramaic, Greek, and Syriac concordances. Sixteen plates of photographs of all the manuscripts facilitate the reader’s reference to the originals. The photographs of the Mount Athos manuscripts are published here for the very first time.
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Price: $294.00
Pages: 502
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
Publication Date: 30 September 2004
ISBN: 9789004137530
Format: Other
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Henryk Drawnel, S.S.D. (2004), Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, is Assistant Professor of Second Temple Judaism at the Pontifical Academy of Theology, Cracow, Poland. His area of research covers Levitical priesthood in the Second Temple period, pseudepigraphic Aramaic literature, and Qumran texts.