The Redaction History of the Sinai Pericope (Exod 19–24) and its Continuation in 4Q158

Updated by: 
Oren Ableman
Research notes: 
Reader Checked OA 30/01/2014
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Berner, Christoph
year: 
2013
Full title: 

The Redaction History of the Sinai Pericope (Exod 19–24) and its Continuation in 4Q158

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume: 
20
Issue / Series Volume: 
3
Abbreviated Series Name: 
DSD
Pages: 
378–409
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

The paper offers a redaction critical analysis of two central passages from Exod 19–24, namely the people’s reaction subsequent to the revelation of the Decalogue (Exod 20:18–21 par. Deut 5:22–31) and the covenantal ceremony in Exod 24:4–8. As a result, it can be shown that there is a continuous line of development leading from the earliest literary layers of the biblical text to the version represented by 4Q158. The elaborate text of the Qumran witness thus becomes perceptible as yet a further stage in the complex redaction history of the Sinai Pericope.

Hebrew bible: 
Book: 
Exodus
Chapter(s): 
19^24
Book: 
Deuteronomy
Chapter(s): 
5
URL: 
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685179-12341283
Label: 
23/12/2013
Record number: 
96 737