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  • From: Joseph Crea <Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Cc: "Jim Brooks" <jbrooks AT techline.com>
  • Subject: Re: DSS help
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:00:42 -0500


Hello Jim!

At 03:56 PM 5/30/00, Jim Brooks wrote:
>One and all,
>
>I am doing some research on the thorny issue of divorce and remarriage. The
>following question stems from Fitzmeyer's article "Matthean Divorce Texts"
>_Theological Studies_ 1976. On page 218, he offers his translation of the
>Damascus Document 4:12-5:14a.
>
>In 4:17 his translation of a certain portion is: "the first is
>unchastity." I take it from the article that "unchastity" here is a form of
>the Hebrew word "zenut" (from the transliteration it looks like a noun with
>the definite article).


CREA
Looks like it to me, according to my copy of __The Dead Sea Scrolls
Study Edition__ (Eerdmans, 2000, 2nd ed., ISBN 0-8028-4493-6).


>JIM
>In 5:9 his translation of a certain portion is: "The regulation for
>incest." But I cannot find in the article what the Hebrew word used for
>"incest" is. Is it zenut or something else?


CREA
5:9 appears to be a citation from Leviticus 18:13 with minor deviations
from the Masoretic text, but nothing out of the ordinary.


>JIM
>I've tried to search the net for a transliteration of the text, etc. but to
>no avail. I don't have immediate access to photocopies, etc., of the text
>under question.
>
>If someone has the time and the resources, I would be most appreciative if
>you could tell me what the Hebrew word lies behind "incest" in CD 5:9.

CREA
It's <taw-qoph-resh-beth> tiqereb" instead of tegaleh
<taw-gimel-lamed-heh>, though tegaleh does appear in 5:10. Hope this helps
and apologies for the unconventional transliterations.


With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>





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