The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature (2015 Davis, et al.), edited volume

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The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature (2015) is a volume edited by Kipp Davis, Dorothy M. Peters, Kyung S Baek and Peter W. Flint.

Abstract

"Essays in honour of Martin G. Abegg on the occasion of his 65th birthday."

"This volume is a collection of essays written in honour of Martin G. Abegg from a range of contributors with expertise in Second Temple Jewish literature in reflection upon Prof. Abegg's work. These essays are arranged according to four topics that deal with various aspects of text, language and interpretation of the Qumran War Scroll, and concepts of war and peace in Second Temple Jewish literature. The contents of the volume are divided into the following four main sections: (1) The War Scroll, (2) War and Peace in the Hebrew Scriptures, (3) War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and (4) War and Peace in early Jewish and Christian texts and interpretation."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2015 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 116).

Contents

Introduction. Introduction / Dorothy M. Peters ; From concordance to concordance: Martin G. Abegg's work on computerising and concordancing the Dead Sea scrolls / Emanuel Tov ; From "The War scroll" to A preliminary edition of the unpublished Dead Sea scrolls: Marty Abegg, in his own words / Jason Kalman -- The War scroll. Text, timing and terror: thematic thoughts on the War scroll in conversation with the writings of Martin G. Abegg, Jr. / George J. Brooke ; Writing a descriptive grammar of the syntax and semantics of the War scroll (1QM): the noun phrase as proof of concept / Robert D. Holmstedt and John Screnock ; The "mysteries of God" in the Qumran War scroll / Anthony R. Meyer ; "There and back again": reconstruction and reconciliation of the war text 4QMilhama[superscript a] (4Q491[superscript a-c]) / Kipp Davis ; Priestly covenants in 1QM and 1QSb / Dongshin D. Chang ; The war rule texts and a new theory of the people of the Dead Sea scrolls: a brief thought experiment / Robert Kugler -- War and peace in the Dead Sea scrolls. Violent imaginaries and practical violence in the War scroll / Alex P. Jassen ; The naval battle in the Qumran war texts / Brian Schultz ; Wisdom, poverty, and non-violence in Instruction / John Kampen ; Cutting off and cutting down Shechem: Levi and his sword in the Rylands Genizah fragment of the Aramaic Levi document / Dorothy M. Peters and Esther Eshel ; Prophecy, false prophecy, and war in the Dead Sea scrolls / James E. Bowley ; Prayer, liturgy, and war / Daniel K. Falk ; Purity in war: what is it good for? / Ian Werrett and Stephen Parker -- War and peace in early Jewish and Christian text and interpretation. Violence, apologetics, and resistance: Hasmonaean ideology and Yahad texts in dialogue / Torleif Elgvin ; Jesus, Satan, and holy war in the light of the Dead Sea scrolls / Craig A. Evans ; The sword-in-the-mouth of Jesus the King: declarations of war and peace in the Gospel of Matthew / Kyung S. Baek ; Papyrus Hever 30 and the Bar Kokhba revolt / Michael O. Wise ; The Cave 11 Psalm scroll (11Q5) and the textual history of Ethiopic Psalm 151: memory and interpretation of David as anointed warrior / Steve Delamarter -- A bibliography of Martin G. Abegg / compiled by Kyung S. Baek and Kipp Davis.

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