"Taken from Dust, Formed from Clay" : Compound allusions & scriptural exegesis in 1QHodayota 11:20-37; 20:27-39 & Ben Sira 33:7-15
(2017) In Dead Sea Discoveries 24(1). p.81-111- Abstract
- This article argues that, in 1QHa 11:20-27; 20:27-39 and Sir 33:7-15, the use of allusions to humanity's creation from dust in Genesis 2-3 and to its formation from clay in Isa 29:16; 45:9; Jer 18:4, 6 represents a conscious exegetical process in which the Genesis and prophetic traditions were read and used in light of one another. Although originating within different social environments - one sectarian and the other as part of a more mainstream scribal context - both make use of the same two scriptural allusions and evince a similar pattern of interpretive reflection. The goal of the study is to demonstrate that the allusions function together, in a compounded manner, to present (1) a composite portrait of God as creator and determiner... (More)
- This article argues that, in 1QHa 11:20-27; 20:27-39 and Sir 33:7-15, the use of allusions to humanity's creation from dust in Genesis 2-3 and to its formation from clay in Isa 29:16; 45:9; Jer 18:4, 6 represents a conscious exegetical process in which the Genesis and prophetic traditions were read and used in light of one another. Although originating within different social environments - one sectarian and the other as part of a more mainstream scribal context - both make use of the same two scriptural allusions and evince a similar pattern of interpretive reflection. The goal of the study is to demonstrate that the allusions function together, in a compounded manner, to present (1) a composite portrait of God as creator and determiner of all human outcomes, and (2) a corresponding composite portrait of humanity in its universal mortality and complete subjection to the deterministic will of God.
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- Cirafesi, Wally V. LU
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- 2017
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- Contribution to journal
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- Ben Sira, Genesis 2-3, Hodayot, Isa 29:16,45:9, Jer 18:4,6, Scriptural allusions & exegesis
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- Dead Sea Discoveries
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 31 pages
- publisher
- Brill
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- scopus:85016962628
- ISSN
- 0929-0761
- DOI
- 10.1163/15685179-12341414
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- English
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abstract = {{This article argues that, in 1QHa 11:20-27; 20:27-39 and Sir 33:7-15, the use of allusions to humanity's creation from dust in Genesis 2-3 and to its formation from clay in Isa 29:16; 45:9; Jer 18:4, 6 represents a conscious exegetical process in which the Genesis and prophetic traditions were read and used in light of one another. Although originating within different social environments - one sectarian and the other as part of a more mainstream scribal context - both make use of the same two scriptural allusions and evince a similar pattern of interpretive reflection. The goal of the study is to demonstrate that the allusions function together, in a compounded manner, to present (1) a composite portrait of God as creator and determiner of all human outcomes, and (2) a corresponding composite portrait of humanity in its universal mortality and complete subjection to the deterministic will of God.<br/>}},
author = {{Cirafesi, Wally V.}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
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series = {{Dead Sea Discoveries}},
title = {{"Taken from Dust, Formed from Clay" : Compound allusions & scriptural exegesis in 1QHodayot<sup>a</sup> 11:20-37; 20:27-39 & Ben Sira 33:7-15}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685179-12341414}},
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