“As for the Doer of His Will, May They Ascend as a Fine Fragrance”: A Note on Jubilees 2:22
Updated by:
Shlomo Brand
Research notes:
SB/07/10/2021
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2021
Full title:
“As for the Doer of His Will, May They Ascend as a Fine Fragrance”: A Note on Jubilees 2:22
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Journal of Ancient Judaism
Volume:
12
Issue / Series Volume:
1
Abbreviated Series Name:
JAJ
Place of Publication:
Leiden
Publisher:
Brill
Pages:
175-184
Work type:
Non review
Abstract:
Most commentators have translated Jub. 2:22 as though God’s commandments rise as a fine fragrance. This note suggests that this idea is unparalleled in early Judaism, and it argues that the Ethiopic of this verse should be understood differently. The idea expressed in Jub. 2:22 is that “the doer of God’s will” is the one to ascend as a fine fragrance. Some implications of this suggestion are explored.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Jubilees
Passage:
2:22
URL:
https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/12/2/article-p175_2.xml?ebody=full%20html-copy1
Label:
11/10/2021
Record number:
107 980