Aramaic Levi Document : Edition, Translation, Commentary.
Material type: TextPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781433705960Subject(s): Levi document | Manuscripts, AramaicGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aramaic Levi Document : Edition, Translation, CommentaryDDC classification: 229/.914 LOC classification: BM488.L48 -- A116 2004ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Witnesses -- 2. Principles of Present Work -- The Present Work -- The Apparatus of Variants -- The Data Block and Versification -- Parallels -- The Translation -- 3. The Original Order of ALD -- 4. The Date and Provenance of ALD -- 5. Notes on Language of ALD -- 6. Testaments and Other Associated Works from Qumran -- Texts Related to the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- Other "Testament" Texts -- The Testament of Qahat and the Visions of Amram -- An Apocryphal Text Apparently Related to ALD -- 7. Some Specific Aspects of ALD -- TPL 4:2 and ALD -- The Two Spirits -- Sapiential Characteristics of the Priesthood -- Levi's Special Role in ALD -- Levi in TPL 8:14 -- The Travels of Levi and Jacob in ALD and TPL -- The Sacrificial Ordinances and Measures -- 1. The Sacrificial Ordinances -- 2. The Metrological List in 9:17-18 -- Postscript -- Critical Signs and Abbreviations -- Journals and Publications -- Citations of Dead Sea Scrolls -- Appendix -- Text & Translation -- Commentary -- Unplaced Fragments -- Aramaic Concordance -- Greek Concordance -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
The fragments of Aramaic Levi Document are presented for the first time as a single coherent whole. This book, which will move the study of this pivotal document to a new level, includes original texts, translation, introduction and extensive and detailed commentary.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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