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War Traditions from the Qumran Caves
Re-Thinking Textual Stability and Fluidity in the War Text manuscripts
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Now available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki.
In this volume, Hanna Vanonen offers a fresh view to the Milhamah and Sefer ha-Milhamah manuscripts by producing a thorough close-reading analysis of them, paying attention not only to their contents but also to manuscripts as material artifacts. Vanonen demonstrates that studying the stability and instability of the War traditions does more justice to the complex material than a traditional chronological literary-critical model. In addition, Vanonen argues that at least liturgical use and study purposes may have created needs for producing different manuscripts that were simultaneously important.
"V. has provided a solid and well documented study of all significant fragments of the War Texts from Cave 4 and 11...her careful observation of the material facts is a fresh and important contribution to the understanding of the various purposes, audiences, and uses of these manuscripts." Jean Duhaime, Montreal, Theologische Literaturzeitung 149 (2024) 1/2
In this volume, Hanna Vanonen offers a fresh view to the Milhamah and Sefer ha-Milhamah manuscripts by producing a thorough close-reading analysis of them, paying attention not only to their contents but also to manuscripts as material artifacts. Vanonen demonstrates that studying the stability and instability of the War traditions does more justice to the complex material than a traditional chronological literary-critical model. In addition, Vanonen argues that at least liturgical use and study purposes may have created needs for producing different manuscripts that were simultaneously important.
"V. has provided a solid and well documented study of all significant fragments of the War Texts from Cave 4 and 11...her careful observation of the material facts is a fresh and important contribution to the understanding of the various purposes, audiences, and uses of these manuscripts." Jean Duhaime, Montreal, Theologische Literaturzeitung 149 (2024) 1/2
Hanna Vanonen received her Ph.D. in Theology (2017) from the University of Helsinki, Finland in 2017.
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Introduction
1 Framing the Question
2 Framing the Material
3 Previous Studies on the War Texts
4 Methodological Considerations
5 Research Questions and Outline of the Study
1 1Q33 Alias 1QM
1 Shape and Size
2 Layout and Script
3 Title, Content and Paragraph Division
4 Summary of 1QM
2 4Q491a (4QMa/a + 4Q491a/c) and 4Q492 (4QMb): War Texts That Overlap with Other War Texts
1 4Q491a (4QM a/a + 4Q491 a/c)
2 4Q492 (4QM b)
3 Summary of 4Q491a and 4Q492
3 4Q491b (4QMa/b) and 4Q493 (4QMc): Unestablished War Visions
1 4Q491b (4QM a/b)
2 4Q493 (4QM c)
3 Summary of 4Q491b and 4Q493
4 4Q494 (4QMd) and 4Q471 (4QWar Scroll-like Text B): Texts that Overlap with 1QM 2?
1 4Q494 (4QM d)
2 4Q471 (4QWar Scroll-like Text B)
3 Summary of 4Q494 and 4Q471
5 4Q495 (4QMe): Remnants of a War Text?
6 4Q496 (4QpapMf) and 4Q497 (4QpapWar Scroll-like Text A): Opisthographic War Text Manuscripts
1 4Q496 (4QpapM f)
2 4Q497 (4QpapWar Scroll-like Text A)
3 The Opisthographic Nature of 4Q496 and 4Q497
7 4Q285 and 11Q14: Sefer ha-Milḥamah Texts
1 4Q285 and 11Q14 as Material Artifacts
2 Mutual Relationship between 4Q285 and 11Q14
3 Content and Textual Relationship to M Manuscripts
8 Naming and Categorizing the War Texts
1 Ancient Titles
2 Modern Titles
3 Further Reflection
9 Transmitting the Subgenres in the M Tradition
1 Battle Instructions
2 Encouragement Speeches and the Hymnic Material
3 Chief Priest Tradition and the Lateness of 1QM 13
4 1QM in the Light of the 4QM Manuscripts
10 Section Markers in M Tradition
Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
List of Tables
Introduction
1 Framing the Question
2 Framing the Material
3 Previous Studies on the War Texts
4 Methodological Considerations
5 Research Questions and Outline of the Study
Part 1: Analysis
1 1Q33 Alias 1QM
1 Shape and Size
2 Layout and Script
3 Title, Content and Paragraph Division
4 Summary of 1QM
2 4Q491a (4QMa/a + 4Q491a/c) and 4Q492 (4QMb): War Texts That Overlap with Other War Texts
1 4Q491a (4QM a/a + 4Q491 a/c)
2 4Q492 (4QM b)
3 Summary of 4Q491a and 4Q492
3 4Q491b (4QMa/b) and 4Q493 (4QMc): Unestablished War Visions
1 4Q491b (4QM a/b)
2 4Q493 (4QM c)
3 Summary of 4Q491b and 4Q493
4 4Q494 (4QMd) and 4Q471 (4QWar Scroll-like Text B): Texts that Overlap with 1QM 2?
1 4Q494 (4QM d)
2 4Q471 (4QWar Scroll-like Text B)
3 Summary of 4Q494 and 4Q471
5 4Q495 (4QMe): Remnants of a War Text?
6 4Q496 (4QpapMf) and 4Q497 (4QpapWar Scroll-like Text A): Opisthographic War Text Manuscripts
1 4Q496 (4QpapM f)
2 4Q497 (4QpapWar Scroll-like Text A)
3 The Opisthographic Nature of 4Q496 and 4Q497
7 4Q285 and 11Q14: Sefer ha-Milḥamah Texts
1 4Q285 and 11Q14 as Material Artifacts
2 Mutual Relationship between 4Q285 and 11Q14
3 Content and Textual Relationship to M Manuscripts
Part 2: Discussion
8 Naming and Categorizing the War Texts
1 Ancient Titles
2 Modern Titles
3 Further Reflection
9 Transmitting the Subgenres in the M Tradition
1 Battle Instructions
2 Encouragement Speeches and the Hymnic Material
3 Chief Priest Tradition and the Lateness of 1QM 13
4 1QM in the Light of the 4QM Manuscripts
10 Section Markers in M Tradition
Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
All interested in the Qumran War Scroll and related manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls generally, Second Temple Jewish literature, manuscript studies, and literary representations of war and violence in antiquity.