Recent Scholarship on the Hodayot 1993–2010

Updated by: 
Oz Tamir
Research notes: 
Reader keywords - AK - 01/04/2012
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Schuller, Eileen M.
year: 
2011
Full title: 

Recent Scholarship on the Hodayot 1993–2010

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Currents in Biblical Research
Volume: 
10
Issue / Series Volume: 
1
Pages: 
119-162
Work type: 
Bibliography
Abstract: 

The Hodayot are a collection of poetic compositions of praise and thanksgiving that first became known with the discovery of the manuscripts in the caves of Qumran. These texts are preserved in eight copies, two found in cave l (1QHa , 1QHb ) and six found in cave 4 (4QHa-e , 4QpapHf, 4Q427-432). This collection is reckoned, along with compositions such as the Rule of the Community, the War Scroll and the Pesharim, as one of the core sectarian documents of the specific type of Judaism reflected in the scrolls. The first part of this article describes the manuscripts, 1QHa, 1QHb, and 4QHa-f , with a specific focus on the distinctive features of each that contribute to our understanding of the nature and formation of the collection; the second part discusses specific topics that have been important in Hodayot research since the publication of the manuscripts from cave 4.

Date: 
October 1, 2011
URL: 
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/119
DOI: 
10.1177/1476993x11408783
Label: 
16/01/2012
Record number: 
9 605