4Q369
4Q369, also known as the Prayer of Enosh, is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran Cave 4.[1][2] The text was published in 1994 by editors Harold Attridge and John Strugnell as part of the DJD-series.[3][4][5][6]
Content[edit]
The proposal of the editors of DJD-13 was that the text contains prayers and prophecies attributed to Enosh, the father of Kenan, and Enoch, a biblical figure.[5]
Academic debate[edit]
James Kugel[5][4] argued that the identity of the speaker is "far from clear" and that the text be conceptualized as a "prayer concerning God and Israel". Justin Pannkuk,[5] on the other hand, supported the proposal of the editors, in a form-critical analysis, that attributed the prayers to Enosh. Vasile Babota[6] referred to 4Q369 Prayer of Enosh as a parabiblical text but observed that it had little overlap with biblical texts, and perhaps should be re-classified.
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References[edit]
- ^ McNamara, Martin. Book review: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, Volume XIII, Qumran Cave 4: viii, Parabiblical Texts, Part I. Edited by Harold Attridge et al. HeyJ XXXVIII (1997), pp. 315–317
- ^ Endres, John C. Reviewed Work(s): Qumran Cave 4. Volume 8, Parabiblical Texts. Part 1 (DJD 13) by Harold Attridge, Torleif Elgvin, Jozef Milik, Saul Olyan, John Strugnell, Emanuel Tov, James Vanderkam, Sidnie White. The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 2 (April 1997), pp. 333-335 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43722944
- ^ Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, volume 13: H. Attridge and others, in consultation with J. VanderKam (1994). Qumran Cave 4.VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (x + 470 pp. + xliii plates.)
- ^ a b Kugel, James. 4Q369 "Prayer of Enosh" and Ancient Biblical Interpretation. Dead Sea Discoveries, Jul., 1998, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 119-148
- ^ a b c d Pannkuk, Justin L. Prayers of the Antediluvian Patriarchs: Revisiting the Form and Function of 4Q369 Prayer of Enosh. Dead Sea Discoveries, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2017), pp. 38-58
- ^ a b Babota, Vasile. The Parabiblical Texts. From Biblical Texts to Pesharim. Henoch, 39 (1/2017)