‘To Master his own Vessel’. 1 thess 4.4 in Light of new Qumran Evidence

Updated by: 
Un Sung Kwak
Research notes: 
Unsung/not checked/01/06/2016
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Elgvin, Torleif
year: 
1997
Full title: 

‘To Master his own Vessel’. 1 thess 4.4 in Light of new Qumran Evidence

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
New Testament Studies
Volume: 
43
Issue / Series Volume: 
4
Abbreviated Series Name: 
NTS
Place of Publication: 
Cambridge
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Pages: 
604-619
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

A parenetic text from Qumran, which is only unofficially published, refers to 'כלי חיקכה' ‘the vessel of your bosom’.
This passage might shed new light on the enigmatic σκηxs22EFоς of 1 Thess 4.4. The passage in question belongs to one of the admonition sections of Sapiential Work A from Qumran. Sap. Work A is a sapiential composition preserved in seven fragmentary copies, one from Cave 1 (1Q26) and six from Cave 4 (4Q415/416/417/418a/418b/423). Six copies display early Herodian script (30 BC – 20 AD), while one (4Q423) represents a late Herodian hand (1 – 50 AD). The high number of copies and the fact that this book was being copied even until a late stage in the history of the Qumran settlement shows that it was highly regarded within the Essene Community.

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http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3425448&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0028688500023419
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101 733