The earliest commentary on the prophecy of Habakkuk
This is the first major commentary in English on Pesher Habakkuk for forty years. It elucidates the nature of 1QpHab as the earliest commentary on the prophecy of Habakkuk by a detailed study of the biblical quotation and sectarian interpretation.
| Summary: | This is the first major commentary in English on Pesher Habakkuk for forty years. It elucidates the nature of 1QpHab as the earliest commentary on the prophecy of Habakkuk by a detailed study of the biblical quotation and sectarian interpretation. Cover -- The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- STRUCTURE OF PESHER HABAKKUK -- INTRODUCTORY FORMULAS -- PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS AND SKIN PREPARATION -- SCRIPT AND PALAEOGRAPHY -- SCRIBAL PRACTICE AND LITERARY DEVELOPMENT -- GRAMMATICAL FORMS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS -- SOURCES OF THE COMMENTARY -- COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND THE PESHER -- IMITATING THE BIBLICAL STYLE -- METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE WICKED PRIESTS -- THE TRIBUTE OF THE KITTIM -- THE LAST PRIESTS OF JERUSALEM -- THE LAST WICKED PRIESTS -- HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS TO THE HIGH PRIESTS -- A WICKED PRIEST OF THE TEMPLE -- SECTARIAN HISTORY -- THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS -- SECTARIAN JUDGEMENTS -- EDITIONS, STUDIES, AND TOOLS -- Translation and Commentary -- THE PROPHECY FULFILLED -- Notes -- Comment -- THE DISBELIEF OF THE TRAITORS -- Notes -- Comment -- THE RISE OF THE KITTIM -- Notes -- Comment -- THE ARMY OF THE KITTIM -- Notes -- Comment -- THE COMMANDERS OF THE KITTIM -- Notes -- Comment -- THE DIVINE PLAN FOR THE CHOSEN PEOPLE -- Notes -- Comment -- THE HOUSE OF ABSALOM AND THE MEN OF THEIR COUNCIL -- Notes -- Comment -- THE PRACTICES OF THE KITTIM ARMY -- Notes -- Comment -- DIVINE REVELATION CONTINUES -- Notes -- Comment -- THE DELAYED END-TIME WILL SURELY COME -- Notes -- Comment -- THE MEN OF TRUTH IN THE PROTRACTED END-TIME -- Notes -- Comment -- THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS -- Notes -- Comment -- THE RISE AND TREACHERY OF THE WICKED PRIEST -- Notes -- Comment -- THE LAST PRIESTS OF JERUSALEM -- Notes -- Comment -- THE AFFLICTION OF THE WICKED PRIEST -- Notes -- Comment -- THE HOUSE OF JUDGMENT -- Notes -- Comment -- THE PREACHER OF THE LIE -- Notes -- Comment -- ON YOM HA-KIPPURIM -- Notes -- Comment -- THE INEBRIATION OF THE WICKED PRIEST -- Notes -- Comment. |
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| ISBN: | 0191081426 |