This work examines the approach to time in ancient Hebrew literature, beginning with the Bible and concluding with the first century CE, the latest possible time frame for the Scrolls. The volume discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology.
Author(s): Gershon Brin
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 389
Contents......Page 10
Previously Published Material......Page 9
Foreword......Page 13
Note......Page 15
Introduction: The Concept of Time in Ancient Literature: The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 16
PART ONE TIME IN THE BIBLE......Page 35
I. Terms for Time in the Bible......Page 36
1. Terms Used to Indicate Time in the Bible......Page 37
2. "Day" ([Hebrew omitted]) as a Term for Time in the Bible......Page 64
3. On [Hebrew omitted] in the Bible......Page 70
4. The Terms [Hebrew omitted] and [Hebrew omitted] for Describing the Past in the Bible......Page 77
5. The Formula "X-[Hebrew omitted]" (or "X-[Hebrew omitted]") in the Bible: Some Characteristics of Historiographical Writing in Israel......Page 90
II. Formulae of Time in the Bible......Page 105
6. Biblical Formulae for Depicting Duration of Time......Page 107
7. The Phrase "From… and Onward/ Upward" ([Hebrew omitted]) in the Bible......Page 126
8. On the Uses of the Term "Until This Day" ([Hebrew omitted])......Page 137
III. Units of Time in the Bible......Page 151
9. Depictions of Brief Time Intervals in the Bible......Page 153
10. Terms Used for Long Time Periods in the Bible......Page 159
11. Day and Daytime: Their Divisions and Order......Page 165
12. Units of Time Greater than One Day......Page 179
IV. Direction of Time in the Bible......Page 187
13. Terms Used for the Past, Present and Future in the Bible......Page 189
V. Concepts of Time and Life Duration in the Bible......Page 201
14. [Hebrew omitted] and Similar Terms in the Bible......Page 202
15. Duration of Life in Biblical Times......Page 213
PART TWO TIME IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS......Page 228
16. Introduction: The Concept of Time in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 229
VI. Concepts of Time in the Scrolls......Page 232
17. God and Time......Page 233
18. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 255
19. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 261
20. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 272
21. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 285
22. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 302
VII. [Hebrew omitted] and Its Variants in the Scrolls......Page 317
23. The Term [Hebrew omitted] in the General Framework of Terms of Time......Page 319
24. X-[Hebrew omitted] /X-[Hebrew omitted] (Day X / Days of X) to Characterize Time......Page 329
25 The Use of [Hebrew omitted] in the Scrolls......Page 340
VIII. Duration of Time and Life Span in the Approach of the Scrolls......Page 347
26. The Formula for Duration of Time "From… to…" ([Hebrew omitted]) Including the Formula "Until this Day" ([Hebrew omitted]) and its like in the Scrolls......Page 349
27. Life Duration in the Scrolls and the Apocrypha......Page 358
28. The Phrase "He Shall not Do Such-and-such X-[Hebrew omitted]"......Page 368
Afterword: Time in the Bible and in Later Literature......Page 376
Abbreviations......Page 382
Bibliography......Page 383
Indexes of Ancient Literature......Page 389
