TY - BOOK AU - Greenfield,Jonas C. AU - Stone,Michael E. AU - Eshel,Ester TI - Aramaic Levi Document: Edition, Translation, Commentary SN - 9781433705960 AV - BM488.L48 -- A116 2004eb U1 - 229/.914 PY - 2004/// CY - Leiden PB - BRILL KW - Levi document KW - Manuscripts, Aramaic KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=280772 ER -