Holy Scripture in the Qumran commentaries and Pauline letters
By: Timothy H. Lim.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.; Dead Sea scrolls.; Bible. O.T. -- Relation to the Epistles of Paul.; Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description: What was the ancient exegetes' attitude to the biblical texts? Did they consider them 'sacred' in the sense that the words were the inviolable utterances of God? Or did they when necessary modify and adapt holy writ for their own purposes? This book examines the question of exegetical modifications from the post-Qumran perspective of textual pluriformity of literalism that runs through ancient exegeses and translations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.182-213) and indexes.
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 1991.