Abstract
The essay evaluates three recent hypotheses about subsequent modifications to the original text of the Book of Jubilees: (1) addition of eschato-logical texts (C. Berner), (2) interpolation of a series of passages (J. Kugel), and (3) addition of legal sections to pre-existing rewritten stories and encasing both types of material in a chronological framework (M. Segal). All three hypotheses as formulated by these scholars are found to be unconvincing, although the third in a reformulated way provides a more defensible account of the evidence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 501-516 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Revue de Qumran |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 104 |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |