The Cave 4 Apocryphon of Jeremiah and the Qumran Jeremianic Traditions : Prophetic Persona and the Construction of Community Identity.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction. The Enigmatic Prophet Jeremiah and His Manifestations in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Chapter 1. From Rewritten Bible to Reputation: A Fresh Methodological Approach to Appropriating Jeremiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 1.1. Is the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C a Rewritten Bible" Text? -- 1.2. Perceptions of Prophets and Prophecy in Second Temple Judaism -- 1.3. Reputation and Authority: Jeremiah the Prophet As a "Founder" in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Chapter 2. The Apocryphon of Jeremiah: A Material and Synoptic Overview -- 2.1. Paraprophetic Narratives" or "Pseudo-Prophetic Texts"? An Introduction to the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C and Pseudo-Ezekiel -- 2.2. The Classification of Manuscripts -- 2.2.1. Devorah Dimant and Arguments for Multiple Compositions -- 2.2.2. Monica L.W. Brady and Arguments for a "Single Work in Multiple Copies" -- 2.2.3. Cana Werman et al., 4Q390 and Pseudo-Moses Revisited -- 2.2.4. A New Edition by Elisha Qimron -- 2.3. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Ca (4Q385a): Reconstruction and Location of Fragments -- 2.3.1. Material Joins -- 2.3.2. Distant Joins -- 2.4. Descriptions of the Other Witnesses to the Apocryphon C: 4Q387, 4Q388a, 4Q389 -- 2.4.1. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Cb (4Q387) -- 2.4.2. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Cc (4Q388a) -- 2.4.3. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Cd (4Q389) -- 2.5. Conclusion: The Extents and Limits of Reconstruction -- Chapter 3. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Ca (4Q385a): The Reconstructed Text and Translation with Notes, in Conversation with the Other Witnesses (4Q387, 4Q388a, 4Q389) -- 3.1. Introduction to the Reconstructed Text -- 3.2. The Reconstructed Text with Translation, Notes and Comments -- 3.2.1. Group I-Fragments 1-6 -- 3.3. 4Q387, 4Q388a, and 4Q389: Textual Witnesses to the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C.

3.3.1. An Introduction to the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C? -- 3.4. A Proposed Synopsis of the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C -- 3.4.1. Introduction (4Q389 frg. 1) -- 3.4.2. Historical Discourse -- 3.4.3. Second Temple Apocalypse -- 3.4.4a. Eschatological Prediction -- 3.4.4b. Prophetic Oracles -- 3.4.5. Prophetic Oracle of Judgement: A Previously Unattested Version of Nahum 3:8-10 -- 3.4.6. Post-destruction Narrative Summary -- 3.5. Conclusion: The Apocryphon of Jeremiah C As a Jeremianic Composition -- Chapter 4. 4Q390 and the Second Temple Apocalypse Redux -- 4.1. More Apocrypha of Jeremiah: The Apocryphon of Jeremiah A-B? (4Q383, 4Q384), and 4Q387a in Perspective -- 4.1.1. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah A (4Q383) -- 4.1.2. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah B? (4Q384) -- 4.1.3. 4QApocryphon of Jeremiah Cf (4Q387a) -- 4.2. 4Q390: Differentiation from the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C, and the Evidence for Reworking -- 4.2.1. Material Rationale for Separation -- 4.2.2. Variation in Verbal Constructions in 4Q390 -- 4.2.3. Ideology, Religion, and History in 4Q390 and the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C -- 4.3. 4Q390 and the Second Temple Apocalypse: Text and Translation in Structural Parallel with 4QApocrJer Ca-d -- 4.4. 4Q390 and the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C: Echoes of Jeremianic Discourse -- 4.5. Conclusion: 4Q390 As an Historical, Ideological Pastiche -- Chapter 5. Character and Content: The "Emerging" (or Diminishing?) Jeremiah in the Literature of the Yaḥad -- 5.1. The Prophet Jeremiah in the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C and 4Q390: A Progressive Appraisal -- 5.1.1. Prophetic Persona in the Jeremianic Narrative of the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C -- 5.1.2. Dual Audiences: From Egypt to Babylon in the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C and 4Q390 -- 5.1.3. Deuteronomy and the Land" in the Second Temple Apocalypse I-II -- 5.2. Jeremiah Traditions in the Qumran Literature -- 5.2.1. The Damascus Document.

5.2.2. 4QCatena A (4Q177) and 4QCatena B (4Q182) -- 5.2.3. The Hodayot -- 5.2.4. 4QText Mentioning Zedekiah (4Q470) -- 5.3. 4Q390, the Admonition," and Pseudo-Daniel A -- 5.3.1. CD 1:3-11 -- 5.3.2. Pseudo-Daniel A (4Q243-4Q244) -- Conclusions. Jeremiah, Community Leadership, and the "Origins Myth" for the Yaḥad -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.

A careful reconsideration of the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C from Qumran and the Jeremianic traditions in the Qumran literature reveals the importance of Jeremiah's prophetic persona for the construction of community identity in periods of crisis.

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