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.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Translation and Commentary

About the author

Timothy H. Lim is Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism, University of Edinburgh. He is a world- renowned expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and canon research. In 2018, he was the Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor at the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem.

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.

Additional text

The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk is an accessible and indispensable resource for those engaged in work on the pesharim or the wider interpretive traditions of the Second Temple period... Lim as author and general editor of the series is to be congratulated.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy H. Lim, Timothy H. (Professor of Hebrew Bible & Secon Lim, Timothy H. (Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism Lim, Lim Timothy H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198714118
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871411-8
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Oxford Commentary On The Dead Sea Scrolls; Oxford Commentary On The Dead Sea Scrolls
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Biblical Commentaries, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: theology