To: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Methods in biblical scholarship
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 19:35:43 -0500
At 09:00 PM 12/27/1999 +0100, Niels Peter Lemche wrote:
> moshe shulman
>> I think 4Q184 would be an example of exposition on Proverbs. I recall
>> something about Job, but I would have to look for it.
> [Niels Peter Lemche] It's not a pesher but a targum, translated in
>Garcia Martinez, pp. 143 ff.
It's not a targum as it is in Hebrew. :) It is more of a commentary on
Proverbs 7.
>> >around 100 BCE? And again, does it say that it is canonical literature,
>> or
>> >are we witnessing the initial (or 2nd or 3rd) steps in the direction of a
>> >canonization? And did the HB ever reach the sate of canonization that was
>> >valid for Christian communities?
>> I think the concept of 'canon' is one that is more Christian oriented.
>> Judiasm seems to have a different view of 'sacred liturature' then does
>> Christianity. For example Ben Sirach can be quoted and interpreted in the
>> talmud at the same time it is being banned.
> [Niels Peter Lemche] Also my point