Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance by Andrew B Perrin

Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance by Andrew B Perrin

In this study of the Aramaic materials at Qumran, Andrew B. Perrin examines the Aramaic Levi Document, Words of Qahat, and Visions of Amram, showing how they exhibit a concentration of priestly concerns/knowledge and exploring new models for evaluating their potential textual or traditional connections. The Aramaic texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most understudied items in the Qumran collection, and with open questions posed around their origins, transmission, and reception in and beyond the Second Temple period, these writings provide both new materials and fresh insight into the thought, identity, and practice of ancient Judaism. Perrin's analysis includes a new transcription, critical notes, and translation of the Aramaic Levi, Qahat, and Amram fragments based upon the latest digital images. He pairs them with a comprehensive commentary on the conceptual elements, codicological features, and cultural contexts of the materials, and he concludes with a fresh synthesis regarding the textual formation of these Aramaic, priestly pseudepigrapha as a “constellation” of texts within a larger world or scribal-priestly activity and traditions.

Andrew B. Perrin is Associate Vice President, Research at Athabasca University, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9780567705433
ISBN 10	0567705439
Title	Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance
Author	Andrew B Perrin
Series	The Library Of Second Temple Studies
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Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2022-07-14
Number of pages	272
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