The dynamics of dream-vision revelation in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls
Short description: Dream-vision as a unifying feature of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | German |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Göttingen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2015
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Journal of ancient Judaism (volume 19)
Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Perrin, Andrew B., The dynamics of dream-vision revelation in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls] (2018) (Flannery-Dailey, Frances, 1968 -)
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| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Series/Journal: | Journal of ancient Judaism Supplements
volume 19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aramaic language
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
/ Dream-vision (Motif)
/ Revelation
/ Exegesis
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion / Ancient Orient
B Dream B Revelation B Qumran Scrolls B Arameans / Writing B Exegesis |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Short description: Dream-vision as a unifying feature of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls. Main description: Among the predominantly Hebrew collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls are twenty-nine compositions penned in Aramaic. While such Aramaic writings were received at Qumran, these materials likely originated in times before, and locales beyond, the Qumran community. In view of their unknown past and provenance, this volume contributes to the ongoing debate over whether the Aramaic texts are a cohesive corpus or accidental anthology. Paramount among the literary topoi that hint at an inherent unity in the group is the pervasive usage of the dream-vision in a constellation of at least twenty writings. Andrew B. Perrin demonstrates that the literary convention of the dream-vision was deployed using a shared linguistic stock to introduce a closely defined set of concerns. Part One maps out the major compositional patterns of dream-vision episodes across the collection. Special attention is paid to recurring literary-philological features (e.g., motifs, images, phrases, and idioms), which suggest that pairs or clusters of texts are affiliated intertextually, tradition-historically, or originated in closely related scribal circles. Part Two articulates three predominant concerns advanced or addressed by dream-vision revelation. The authors of the Aramaic texts strategically employed dream-visions (i) for scriptural exegesis of the antediluvian/patriarchal traditions, (ii) to endorse particular understandings of the origins and functions of the priesthood, and (iii) as an ex eventu historiographical mechanism for revealing aspects or all of world history. These findings are shown to give fresh perspective on issues of revelatory discourses in Second Temple Judaism, the origins and evolution of apocalyptic literature, the ancient context of the book of Daniel, and the social location of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.; Description for press or other media: This study maps out the compositional patterns and exegetical, priestly, and historiographical applications of dream-visions in a constellation of twenty-nine Second Temple period writings among the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.; Promotional text: Andrew B. Perrin contributes to the ongoing debate over whether the Aramaic texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are a cohesive corpus or accidental anthology. Paramount among the literary topoi that hint at an inherent unity is the pervasive usage of the dream-vision in a constellation of at least twenty writings. The author demonstrates that the literary convention ... |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/9783666550942 |