TY - JOUR
T1 - The two sins of Nob
T2 - Biblical interpretation, an anti-priestly polemic and a geographical error in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
AU - Regev, Eyal
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - According to Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (LAB) the priests of Nob were punished for their cultic sins. This unusual claim was influenced by the fact that there is no reference to Saul's sin and punishment in the book of Samuel. Indeed, this incident remains without explanation in the rabbinic sources. By putting the blame on Nob's priests the author of LAB was influenced by the motif of the evil priests, a theme common in the Pseudepigrapha and the Qumran writings. Another diversion from the biblical text is the assertion in LAB that the case of 'the concubine in Gibeah' actually happened in Nob and not in Gibeah! The author mistakenly replaced Gibeah ('the hill') with the hill of Nob since the two locations are very close geographically. Consequently, this article suggests that the interchange between Gibeah and Nob may indicate that the author of LAB saw Gibeah or Nob with his own eyes.
AB - According to Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (LAB) the priests of Nob were punished for their cultic sins. This unusual claim was influenced by the fact that there is no reference to Saul's sin and punishment in the book of Samuel. Indeed, this incident remains without explanation in the rabbinic sources. By putting the blame on Nob's priests the author of LAB was influenced by the motif of the evil priests, a theme common in the Pseudepigrapha and the Qumran writings. Another diversion from the biblical text is the assertion in LAB that the case of 'the concubine in Gibeah' actually happened in Nob and not in Gibeah! The author mistakenly replaced Gibeah ('the hill') with the hill of Nob since the two locations are very close geographically. Consequently, this article suggests that the interchange between Gibeah and Nob may indicate that the author of LAB saw Gibeah or Nob with his own eyes.
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U2 - 10.1177/095182070101200104
DO - 10.1177/095182070101200104
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AN - SCOPUS:60950649248
SN - 0951-8207
VL - 12
SP - 85
EP - 104
JO - Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
JF - Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
IS - 1
ER -