The Pesher Nahum Scroll from Qumran: An Exegetical Study of 4Q169

Full title
The Pesher Nahum Scroll from Qumran: An Exegetical Study of 4Q169
Research notes

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Reference type
Author(s)
Berrin, Shani L.
Year
2004
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
53
Publisher
Brill
Place of Publication
Leiden
Pages
xviii + 358
Work type
Alternative title
STDJ
Label
20/12/2004
Abstract

The underlying premise of this study is the close relationship between Pesher Nahum (4Q169) and its biblical base-text. Historical and literary considerations, as well as theological, sociological, halakhic, textual, and linguistic data, are examined in terms of their exegetical functions.This edition includes a transcription and translation of 4QpNah, with textual notes. The treatment of 4QpNah follows the natural division of the extant text into five thematic literary sections, or pericopes, each consisting of a series of lemma/pesher units . For each pericope, proposed historical contextualizations are evaluated on the basis of exegetical criteria. Equivalents are mapped for each unit, such that individual elements of each lemma are aligned with corresponding elements from the biblical base-text. A focus upon lemma/pesher correspondence provides the framework for systematic exegetical analysis of 4QpNah.

Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents
Scroll / Document