Shared Intertextual Interpretations in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

Brooke, George J.

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“…Most copies are assigned to the period 50-25 bce, although 4Q391 is earlier, 'the last quarter of the second century bce' (Dimant 2001: 9). The analyses by Brooke (1992) and García Martínez (2005) are also noteworthy.…”

Section: B the Apocryphon Of Ezekiel And Pseudo-ezekielmentioning

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Trajectories of Ezekiel (Part 2): Beyond the Book

Olley¹

2011

Currents in Biblical Research

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An earlier article by Olley, 'Trajectories of Ezekiel: Part 1' (CBR 9.2), explored resources and studies relating to the text of the book of Ezekiel, both Hebrew and Greek, and the significance of their differences. Here, the review widens to resources and studies concerning ways in which the book and its imagery have influenced other works, from the Judaean Desert scrolls through the New Testament, and into the patristic period. For example, the influence of the vision of chapter 1 is widespread, leading in particular to Merkabah ('chariot') spirituality. The influence of the vision of the dry bones in ch. 37 is also widespread, with debates on the nature of resurrection. The book of Ezekiel is used extensively in the book of Revelation, as well as in other portions of the New Testament.

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Section: B the Apocryphon Of Ezekiel And Pseudo-ezekielmentioning

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“…26.11-12 (Olley 1998), there may be intertextual influence by Ezekiel. There are a number of links between Leviticus 26 and Ezekiel (Hartley 1992: 459-60). In addition, Brooke (1992;1998: 52-54) has shown that, in 4Q LXX Lev a (4Q 119), and 11QT a (11Q19), there is an intertextual link between Lev. 26.9 and Ezek.…”

Section: Ezekiel Elsewhere In the New Testamentmentioning

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Trajectories of Ezekiel (Part 2): Beyond the Book

Olley¹

2011

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“…As we have noted above, postmodern approaches purport to challenge authority by fragmenting the text and calling attention to the constructed nature of its authoritative formations. The manuscripts of the scrolls themselves come to us-through channels outside of authoritative religious structures-already in a state of serious fragmentation, and any reading of them begins with stage after stage of explicit reconstruction: building manuscripts from fragments, tracing readings from letters that are broken, faded, and sometimes scratched away, and then making sense of the textual formations that result from that process (by way of example, consider Brooke 1994, where the material evidence of the manuscript shapes the textual reconstruction, which in turn contributes to the literary interpretation; for a methodological reflection on this process, see Tigchelaar 2010). There is something a bit perverse about an effort to 'undo' all this careful work through the application of a deconstructive approach to its many reconstructions.…”

Section: Deconstructing the Dead Sea Scrollsmentioning

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“…Brooke 1997Brooke , 1998. The earlier of these two essays explores a shared 'canon within the canon' of key texts (Genesis, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and the Psalms), whose use in both the scrolls and the New Testament allowed their communities 'to justify their positions as the true representatives of Israel' (1997;updated in Brooke 2005a: 50-51). More explicitly theoretical is Brooke 1998, where Kristevan intertextuality provides a new means of understanding shared textual citations and interpretations.…”

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Is Ancient Jewish Studies (Still) Postmodern (Yet)?

Grossman

2015

Currents in Biblical Research

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Postmodern theory, with its concerns about textual meaning, identity formation, and dynamics of power, has had an impact on the study of ancient Judaism in a variety of ways over the last several decades. Theories of reader-response and intertextuality have particularly shaped recent work in biblical studies, while these and other philosophical concerns have contributed to postmodern understandings of midrash. The impact of postmodern theory on the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls is more subtle but nonetheless provides an interesting model for the use of theory in the study of ancient Judaism. Attention to the work of a particular scholar (D. Boyarin) or the possibilities for a particular theoretical approach (postcolonial theory) provides further evidence for postmodern treatments of ancient Jewish texts and history. Although the heyday of critical theory is now long past, the field of ancient Jewish studies has been shaped by theory-driven concerns about discourse, power, and the world.

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Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity

Scott

2002

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In this 2002 book, James M. Scott focuses on a particular Old Testament pseudepigraphon - the Book of Jubilees, the revelation of an angel to Moses announcing the expectation of a messiah from Judah. He traces the appropriation of the Book of Jubilees in early Christian sources from the New Testament to Hippolytus and beyond, and more specifically focuses on the reception of Jubilees 8–9, an expansion of the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (1 Chronicles 1). The book takes an interdisciplinary approach based on detailed analysis of primary sources, much of which is seldom considered by New Testament scholars, and explores the neglected topic of ancient geographical conceptions. By studying geographical aspects of the work, Dr Scott is able to relate Jubilees to both Old and New Testament traditions, bringing important new insights into Christian concepts of annunciation.

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Shared Intertextual Interpretations in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

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Trajectories of Ezekiel (Part 2): Beyond the Book

Trajectories of Ezekiel (Part 2): Beyond the Book

Is Ancient Jewish Studies (Still) Postmodern (Yet)?

Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity

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