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Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times - Crawford, Sidnie White
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The biblical manuscripts found at Qumran, contends Sidnie White Crawford, reflect a spectrum of text movement from authoritative scriptural traditions to completely new compositions. Treating six major groups of texts, she shows how differences in the texts result from a particular understanding of the work of the scribe -- not merely to copy but also to interpret, update, and make relevant the Scripture for the contemporary Jewish community of the time. This�scribal practice led to texts that were "rewritten" or ...

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Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times 2008, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI

ISBN-13: 9780802847409

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