The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk

Timothy H. Lim (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2020
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
9780198714118 (ISBN)

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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 allusive style 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.

Timothy H. Lim is Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism, University of Edinburgh. He is a world- renowned expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and canon research. In 2018, he was the Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor at the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem.

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Translation and Commentary

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2020
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 235 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9780198714118 / 9780198714118
Zustand	Neuware