RT Book T1 Holy Scripture in the Qumran commentaries and Pauline letters A1 Lim, Timothy H. LA English PP Oxford PB Clarendon YR 1997 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1003293549 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BM487 SN 0191682292 SN 9780191682292 K1 Dead Sea Scrolls : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible : N.T : Epistles of Paul : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible : O.T : Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish K1 Bible : O.T : Relation to Epistles of Paul K1 Bible ; O.T ; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish K1 Dead Sea scrolls ; Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible ; O.T ; Relation to Epistles of Paul K1 Bible ; N.T ; Epistles of Paul ; Criticism, interpretation, etc DO 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262060.001.0001