Full title
Canonization and Gender in Qumran: 4Q179, 4Q184, 2Q18 and 11QPsalms a
Research notes
Reader Checked|AK|Revised Reader Checked - AK - 29/01/2012
Reference type
Editor(s)
Roitman, Adolfo D.
Schiffman, Lawrence H.
Tzoref, Shani
Year
2011
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6-8, 2008)
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
93
Series Title
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Publisher
Brill
Place of Publication
Leiden
Pages
513-545
Alternative title
STDJ
Label
18/07/2011
Abstract
Scrolls 2Q18 and 11QPs XXI–XXII are the only fragments discovered in Qumran from the Book of Ben Sira. They are both poems of praise for the wisdom personified in female terms. Scroll 4Q179 is a text which imitates Lamentations 1 and 4, but the female imagery in it is much more pronounced. Are these facts significant? Can they tell us anything about the attitude of the Qumranites to the Ketuvim, and to the female images presented therein? This paper will explore this premise.