Author:
Lim, Timothy H. author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionxii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Structure of Pesher Habakkuk -- Introductory Formulas -- Physical Dimensions and Skin Preparation -- Script and Palaeography -- Scribal Practice and Literary Development -- Grammatical Forms and Historical Contexts -- Sources of the Commentary -- Comparative Literature and the Pesher -- Imitating the Biblical Style -- Methodological Considerations and the Wicked Priests -- The Tribute of the Kittim -- The Last Priests of Jerusalem -- The Last Wicked Priests -- Historical Allusions to the High Priests -- A Wicked Priest of the Temple -- Sectarian History -- The Teacher of Righteousness -- Sectarian Judgements -- Editions, Studies, and Tools -- Translation and Commentary -- The Prophecy Fulfilled -- The Disbelief of the Traitors -- The Rise of the Kittim -- The Army of the Kittim -- The Commanders of the Kittim -- The Divine Plan for the Chosen People -- The House of Absalom and the Men of their Council -- The Practices of the Kittim Army -- Divine Revelation Continues -- The Delayed End-Time Will Surely Come -- The Men of Truth in the Protracted End-Time -- The Wicked and the Righteous -- The Rise and Treachery of the Wicked Priest -- The Last Priests of Jerusalem -- The Affliction of the Wicked Priest -- The House of Judgment -- The Preacher of the Lie -- On Yom Ha-Kippurim -- The Inebriation of the Wicked Priest -- Divine Retribution against the Wicked Priest -- The Idols of the Nations.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index.
Note:This is the first major commentary in English on Pesher Habakkuk for forty years. It elucidates the nature of 1QpHab as the earliest commentary on the prophecy of Habakkuk by a detailed study of the biblical quotation and sectarian interpretation.
