הערות על ברית דמשק ה, 15; ו, 14
Updated by:
Un Sung Kwak
Research notes:
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20/01/2012 AL/
Updated by USK / 19 / 05 / 2016 / to add online link for CD A
Reference type:
Hebrew Book Section;
year:
2006
Full title:
הערות על ברית דמשק ה, 15; ו, 14
Translated title:
Notes to the Damascus Document 5:15 and 6:14
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
מגילות: מחקרים במגילות מדבר יהודה ד [ Meghillot: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls IV ]
Editor(s):
Bar-Asher, Moshe
Dimant, Devorah
Place of Publication:
Jerusalem
Publisher:
Haifa University and Bialik Institute
Pages:
207-211
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
After reviewing the various suggested emendations or interpretations, the author proposes to correct the awkward text כהר ביתו appearing in CD 5:15 and to read כקרבתו 'as far as he draws near'. This conjecture suits both the content and style of the Damascus Document. Also addressed is CD 6:14's problematic אם, לא which seems to open a conditional clause but is not followed by an apodosis. It appears that אם לא here has the force of אלא, i. e., 'but', 'just the opposite', a meaning undoubtedly present in Gen. 24:38 and Ps. 131:2. Therefore, what follows in CD 6:14 – 7:6 is to be construed as a dodecalogue of precepts imposed on the sect's members as an alternative to the sacrificial cult. The absence of any form of prayer from this list of ordinances is surprising.
Notes:
CD A Online Link: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-TS-00010-K-00006/1
Language:
Hebrew
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents:
Scroll / Document:
CD
Passage:
5^6
URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/23437847?seq=1
Label:
11/09/2006
Record number:
9 019