Typologisk metode og bibelforskning

The essay discusses typological analysis an dating of human artefacts, and the significance and limitations of such procedures for studies of the Biblical and Early Jewish cultures and literatures. Illustrations are selected from the disciplines of paleography and Semitic philology, in particular as applied to material from the Qumran library. Two case studies are offered, one on the development of the Jewish script and the dating of manuscripts, another on the development of the Aramaic language in Palestine and the dating of texts written in this language.