Jubilees as the composition of one author?

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Jubilees as the composition of one author?
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Author(s)
VanderKam, James C.
Year
2014
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Revue de Qumran
Volume
104
Issue / Series Volume
26/4
Pages
501-516
Work type
Label
23/03/2015
Abstract

The essay evaluates three recent hypotheses about subsequent modifications to the original text of the Book of Jubilees: (1) addition of eschatological texts (C. Berner), (2) interpolation of a series of passages (J. Kugel), and (3) addition of legal sections to pre-existing rewritten stories and encasing both types of material in a chronological framework (M. Segal). All three hypothesis as formulated by these scholars are found to be unconvincing, although the third in a reformulated way provides a more defensible account of the evidence.