Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period

Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/05/12/2017 ECK/reader checked/28/01/2019
Reference type: 
Book
Author(s): 
Hartog, Pieter B.
year: 
2017
Full title: 

Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Issue / Series Volume: 
121
Abbreviated Series Name: 
STDJ
Place of Publication: 
Leiden
Publisher: 
Brill
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

In Pesher and Hypomnema Pieter B. Hartog compares ancient Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Bible with papyrus commentaries on the Iliad. Hartog shows that members of the Qumran movement adopted classical commentary writing and adapted it to their own needs.

Plates
Preliminary Material
Introduction
The Hypomnemata and the Pesharim as Expressions of Intellectual Culture
Textual Scholarship and the Physicality of the Hypomnemata
Textual Scholarship and the Physicality of the Pesharim
A Bifold Structure
Structure and Scholarship in the Hypomnemata
Structure and Interpretation in the Pesharim
Describing Hermeneutics
A Hermeneutical Profile of the Hypomnemata
A Hermeneutical Profile of the Pesharim
Conclusion: Pesher and Hypomnema

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http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004354203#
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18/12/2017
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103 258