Holy Scripture in the Qumran Commentaries and Pauline Letters

By: Timothy H. Lim

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Hardcover | 1 August 1997

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What was the ancient exegetes' attitude to the biblical texts? Did they consider them `sacred' in the sense that the words were the inviolable utterances of God? Or did they when necessary modify and adapt holy writ for their own purposes? This book examines the question of exegetical modifications from the post-Qumran perspective of textual pluriformity of literalism that runs through ancient exegeses and translations. The Qumran Commentators and Paul complemented their fulfilment-exegeses by paying close attention to the verbal formations of the biblical texts. The hermeneutical principles underlying their exegeses involved a multiplex of competing forces that at the same time sought to make scripture relevant while guarding it from changes. In so far as the label 'post-biblical exegesis' describes a clear separation between the written, authoritative texts and its interpretation, the distinction is overdrawn, for the ancients were not merely commentators, but also in some sense authors of the biblical texts.

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`This book is of considerable importance ... This book raises issues which should be addressed by all concerned with the study of the Qumran Scrolls and the New Testament.' James E. Harding, Journal of Jewish Studies, 50.2

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History of Religion

Preface	p. v
Abbreviations	p. ix
A Note on Conventions	p. xiv
Prolegomena	p. 1
Holy Scripture and Post-Biblical Exegeses	p. 3
Post-Qumran Perspectives on Exegesis	p. 12
Aspects of Ancient Bible Interpretation	p. 29
Wording of the Biblical Text	p. 31
Features of Literalism	p. 48
Pesherite Exegesis and Hermeneutics	p. 67
Did the Pesherists Alter Their Biblical Quotations?	p. 69
Modifying the Biblical Text	p. 95
Nature of Pesherite Interpretation	p. 110
Pauline Interpretation of the Bible	p. 121
Paul and Midrash Pesher	p. 123
Paul and His Old Testament Quotations	p. 140
Paul as Exegete	p. 161
Summary	p. 177
Attitudes to Holy Scripture	p. 179
Select Bibliography	p. 182
Index of Biblical and Other Sources	p. 215
Index of Subject and Author	p. 219
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