Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Thank you for this, and for all the helpful contributions on this subject.
Grottanelli's title seems enough in itself to put paid to the argument that
there would be no possible motive for adding this passage - I will look for
this and the other articles.

Peter Kirk

----- Original Message -----
From: Cynthia Edenburg <cynthia AT oumail.openu.ac.il>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: BH: Acts of Nahash


> Dear Peter,
> You should look at the following. Rofe is of the view that the 4QSam a
plus
> is secondary, and of the nature of a midrash.
> A. Rofe, "The Acts of Nahash according to 4QSam(a)," Israel Exploration
> Journal 32 (1982), pp. 129-33
> -------
> Other recent literature which may or may not be relevant which I have
found
> but not read: Rofe, Alexander: "4QMidrash Samuel? Observations concerning
> the character of 4QSam(a)," Textus 19 (1998) 63-74.
> Kallai, Zecharia: "Samuel in Qumran; expansion of a historiographical
> pattern (4QSam(a))",   Revue Biblique 103,4 (1996) 581-591.
> Venturini, Simone: "1 Sam 10,27-11,1 - testo masoretico e 4QSam(a); le
> posizioni di alcuni autori e un tentativo di soluzione"   Rivista Biblica
> 44,4 (1996) 397-425
> Grottanelli, Cristiano: "The enemy king is a monster; a biblical
equation,"
> *Kings & Prophets*, New York 1999, pp. 47-72
>
> All the best,
>
> Cynthia Edenburg
>
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