The Aramaic Levi Document
Edition, Translation, Commentary
Biographical note
Michael E. Stone, Ph.D. (1965) in Near Eastern Languages, Harvard University is Professor of Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Comparative Religion and Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on Second Temple period literature, Adam and Eve literature and Armenian texts including The Legend of Adam's Contract with Satan (2002), and Album of Armenian Paleography (2002).
Esther Eshel, Ph.D. (2000) in Bible, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer at the Bible department of Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan. She had published extensively on the Dead Sea Scrolls as part of the Second Temple period Literature and on Semitic Epigraphy of the First and Second Temple Periods.
Esther Eshel, Ph.D. (2000) in Bible, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer at the Bible department of Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan. She had published extensively on the Dead Sea Scrolls as part of the Second Temple period Literature and on Semitic Epigraphy of the First and Second Temple Periods.
Reviews
'Throughout the commentary is effective in discussing matters of substance…This is a very user-friendly volume and is largely convinging.'
G.J. Brooke, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
'Die Edition sollte wegen ihren hohen Qualität und dem hohen Alter des ALD in keiner Bibliothek fehlen, die sich mit der Hebräischen Bibel beschäftigt.'
A. Lange, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.
G.J. Brooke, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
'Die Edition sollte wegen ihren hohen Qualität und dem hohen Alter des ALD in keiner Bibliothek fehlen, die sich mit der Hebräischen Bibel beschäftigt.'
A. Lange, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.
Table of contents
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
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
1. Codicological Layout of the Geniza Manuscript
2. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 recto
Columns Cambridge a, f and e
3. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 verso
Columns Cambridge d, c and b
4. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 recto
Columns Bodleian b and a
5. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 verso
Columns Bodleian d and c
6. Genealogical Table
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
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
1. Codicological Layout of the Geniza Manuscript
2. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 recto
Columns Cambridge a, f and e
3. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 verso
Columns Cambridge d, c and b
4. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 recto
Columns Bodleian b and a
5. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 verso
Columns Bodleian d and c
6. Genealogical Table
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