Scribes writing scripture: doublets, textual divination, and the formation of the Book of Jeremiah
In Scribes Writing Scripture, Justus Theodore Ghormley describes how the ancient Judean scribes who expanded the Book of Jeremiah through duplication functioned as textual diviners akin to the divining scribal scholars of the ancient Near East.
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2021
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum (189)
Year: 2021 |
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| Summary: | In Scribes Writing Scripture, Justus Theodore Ghormley describes how the ancient Judean scribes who expanded the Book of Jeremiah through duplication functioned as textual diviners akin to the divining scribal scholars of the ancient Near East. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Inspired Scribes -- 1 Contents of Study -- Chapter 2 Scribal Scholars and Textual Divination in the Ancient Near East -- 1 Scribal Practice and Education in the Ancient Near East -- 2 The Scribal Scholar in Ancient Mesopotamia -- 3 Scribal Scholars and the Textualization of Divination -- 4 Ancient Near Eastern Divination -- 5 Textual Divination -- Chapter 3 Examples of Textual Divination in Ancient Near Eastern Texts -- 1 Literary Generation -- 2 Secondary Application -- 3 Textual Divination in Omen Compendia -- 3.1 Secondary Application of Omen Apodoses -- 3.2 Literary Generation of Omen Compendia -- 4 Textual Divination in the Mari Letters -- 5 Textual Divination in Neo-Assyrian Literary Prophecy -- 5.1 Literary Generation in Neo-Assyrian Oracle Collections -- 5.2 Secondary Application of Neo-Assyrian Oracles Collections -- 6 Conclusion: The Common Scribal Endeavor of Textual Divination -- Chapter 4 The Incremental Formation of the Book of Jeremiah -- 1 The Divinatory and Scribal Origins of Jeremiah -- 2 The Book of Jeremiah and the Deuteronomistic Tradition -- 3 The Formation of Jer+n -- 4 Describing the Final Literary Stages of Book of Jeremiah -- 4.1 First Consideration: Translation Quality of G -- 4.2 Second Consideration: Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 4.3 Third Consideration: The Secondary Nature of Pluses in V M -- 4.4 Fourth Consideration: The Character of the prämasoretischen Idiolekt -- 5 Conclusion: Refining the Two-Editions Theory of Jeremiah -- Chapter 5 Doublets and Textual Divination in Jeremiah -- 1 Text #1: From the Least to the Greatest, All Are Greedy (Jer 6:13-15 // Jer 8:10b-12) -- 1.1 The Duplicate's Interpretive Function -- 1.2 Duplication Technique -- 1.3 Textual Analysis. |
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| ISBN: | 9004472568 |