4QOrd a (4Q159) and the Laws of the Damascus Document
Updated by:
Hanan Mazeh
Research notes:
reader checked, HM
8/12/2013
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2000
Full title:
4QOrd a (4Q159) and the Laws of the Damascus Document
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Fifty Years after Their Discovery. Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997
Editor(s):
Schiffman, Lawrence H.
Tov, Emanuel
VanderKam, James C.
Place of Publication:
Jerusalem
Publisher:
Israel Exploration Society in cooperation with the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum
Pages:
372-376
Abstract:
This comparative study of 4Q159 (Ordinancesa) and the Laws of the Damascus Document draws attention to a number of close connections between both texts:
• correspondences in content (gleanings and the poor, standardization of measures, impoverished Israelites, transvestism, and marriage arrangement);
• overlap in sequence (i.e. moving from an exposition of Lev 25 to Deut 22 in both collections);
• treatment of the same scriptural passages (esp. Lev 25 and Deut 22);
• and formal correspondences (headings of the type ‘concerning x’ followed by prohibitions using the jussive).
It is concluded that the evidence is best explained if the redactor/compiler responsible for the Laws of the Damascus Document in their present form drew upon a collection of traditional legal material not dissimilar from 4QOrdinancesa.
Label:
13/08/2000
Record number:
4 981