Material Philology and Jubilees Manuscripts from Qumran: Exploring Questions of Theory and Method

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/24/03/2022
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Monger, Matthew P.
year: 
2022
Full title: 

Material Philology and Jubilees Manuscripts from Qumran: Exploring Questions of Theory and Method

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Judaïsme Ancien - Ancient Judaism
Volume: 
10
Abbreviated Series Name: 
JAAJ
Pages: 
41-74
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

La ≪ philologie materielle ≫, en tant qu’approche pour l’etude des anciens manuscrits et de leurs textes, est devenue populaire durant la derniere decennie, et son application a l’etude des manuscrits du livre des Jubiles ouvre la voie a de nouvelles perspectives qui nuancent notre vision du developpement litteraire de l’oeuvre. Cet article aborde la philologie materielle comme une position theorique et un outil methodologique qui peuvent guider dans l’etude des manuscrits et des textes du livre des Jubiles, et qui permettent differents types d’analyse. En se fondant sur ces apports theoriques et methodologiques, nous donnons trois exemples dans lesquels l’approche de la philologie materielle influence notre comprehension du livre des Jubiles au cours de la periode du Second Temple aux niveaux du manuscrit, du texte et de l’oeuvre.

Material philology as an approach to the study of ancient manuscripts and their texts has grown in popularity over the past decade and its application to the study of the manuscripts of Jubilees opens for a number of important perspectives that nuance our picture of the literary development of the work. This article discusses material philology as both a theoretical position and a methodological toolbox that can both guide the study of the manuscripts and texts of Jubilees and allow for different avenues of analysis. Based on these theoretical and methodological insights, three examples are given of ways in which a material philological approach influences our understanding of Jubilees during the Second Temple Period at the level of the manuscript, text, and work.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
Jubilees
URL: 
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.JAAJ.5.133946
Label: 
21/08/2023
Record number: 
112 004