The Prophetic Voice at Qumran
The Leonardo Museum Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 11–12 April 2014
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 120
Contrary to the generally held view, the Second Temple Era was not a time of prophetic dormancy, but of genuine activity, though of a different character than that of the pre-exilic age. The conference on
The Prophetic Voice at Qumran, held 11–12 April 2014 at the Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, provided a venue for lively discussions of many of the issues connected with the question of prophecy and prophetic writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple texts. Three of the scholars—Emanuel Tov, Eugene Ulrich, and James C. VanderKam—were featured as keynote speakers, and an even dozen scholars made presentations at the conference, of which nine are published in the present volume.
Donald W. Parry, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew Bible, holds the Abraham O. Smoot Professorship at Brigham Young University. He served as an editor of
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XVII and has authored or (co)edited a number of articles and books on the Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible.
Stephen D. Ricks, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Learning at Brigham Young University, has published numerous monographs, articles and reviews on Semitic lexicography, the Dead Sea Scrolls and Mormon Studies.
Andrew C. Skinner, Ph.D., is a Professor of Ancient Scripture and Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University; he has served as an editor of Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXIII and has authored numerous books and articleson the Scrolls and other religious and historical topics.
Stephen D. Ricks, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Learning at Brigham Young University, has published numerous monographs, articles and reviews on Semitic lexicography, the Dead Sea Scrolls and Mormon Studies.
Andrew C. Skinner, Ph.D., is a Professor of Ancient Scripture and Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University; he has served as an editor of Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXIII and has authored numerous books and articleson the Scrolls and other religious and historical topics.
Introduction
The Prophetic Voice in the Qumran Pesharim
Ida Fröhlich
Priestly Divination and Illuminating Stones in Second Temple Judaism
Matthew J. Grey
Exegete as Prophet? Qumran Methods of Receiving Revelation for Pesher Interpretation
David Joseph Larsen
Artificial Forms in the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa)
Donald W. Parry
The Word of the LORD and the Teacher of Righteousness in the Qumran Texts
Dana Pike
False Prophets as a Construction of Authority at Qumran
Joshua M. Sears
Were Early Hebrew Scripture Texts Authoritative?
Emanuel Tov
The Prophet Isaiah At Qumran
Eugene Ulrich
Jubilees as Prophetic History
James C. VanderKam
Index
All interested in the prophets (of the Hebrew Bible), prophecy, the Dead Sea Scrolls—libraries, institutes, scholars, researchers, graduate students, religious practitioners, clergymen/women.