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Peters C.Indd NOAH TRADITIONS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Society of Biblical Literature Early Judaism and Its Literature Judith H. Newman, Series Editor Number 26 NOAH TRADITIONS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity NOAH TRADITIONS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Dorothy M. Peters Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta NOAH TRADITIONS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Copyright © 2008 by the Society of Biblical Literature All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Offi ce, Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peters, Dorothy M., 1958- Noah traditions in the Dead Sea scrolls : conversations and controversies of antiquity / Dorothy M. Peters. p. cm. — (Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 26) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58983-390-6 (paper binding : alk. paper) 1. Noah (Biblical fi gure) 2. Dead Sea scrolls. 3. Judaism—History—Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. I. Title. BS580.N6P48 2008 296.1'55—dc22 2008043301 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, recycled paper conforming to ANSI /NISO Z39.48–1992 (R1997) and ISO 9706:1994 standards for paper permanence. For Greg With whom I fi nd my rest and consolation wnmxny hz rm)l xn wm#-t) )rqw wnydy Nwbc(mw wn#(mm Genesis 5:29 Contents Abbreviations . xiii Preface . xxi CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Noah in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Starting the Conversation . 1 Noah in the Literature of Early Judaism and Early Christianity . 3 Conversations about Noah among the Scholars . 8 Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: New Directions . 11 CHAPTER TWO NOAH IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT Introduction: Noah Enters the Ancient Near Eastern Conversation . 13 Texts and Observations . 15 Th e Genesis Scrolls at Qumran: A Few Words on Noah . 15 Th e Introduction of Noah in Genesis: Th e Beginnings of Traditions . 17 Noah in Exile: Ezekiel and Deutero-Isaiah . 22 Continuing the Conversation: Within the Gaps of the Noah Narrative . 26 CHAPTER THREE NOAH IN THE ARAMAIC ENOCH TEXTS AND THE ARAMAIC LEVI DOCUMENT Introduction . 29 Texts and Observations . 31 -vii- viii CONTENTS 1 Enoch: Who Walks with the Angels? . 31 Th e Texts . 34 Astronomical Book . 34 Book of Watchers . 35 Book of Giants . 39 Dream Visions . 39 Apocalypse of Weeks . 40 Birth of Noah . 43 Book of Parables . 44 Enoch: Th e Preferred Righteous Flood Survivor? . 46 Th e Ebb and Flow of Noah and His Righteousness in 1 Enoch . 49 Aramaic Levi Document: Noah as Ancestor of Priests . 52 Th e Text . 53 Levi as a Literary Ancestor of Noah? . 55 Continuing the Conversation . 59 CHAPTER FOUR NOAH IN THE HEBREW PRE-SECTARIAN TEXTS (1): WISDOM TEXTS AND JUBILEES Introduction . 63 Texts and Observations . 64 4QInstruction: Righteous . Distinguishing between Good and Evil . 64 Ben Sira: “For his sake there was a remnant” . 68 Jubilees: Toward Becoming an Ancestor like Moses . 72 Th e Text . 72 Signposts to a New Noah: Reordering and Expansion . 75 Noah as “New Adam”: Listening to the “Right” Source . 76 Noah: Th e Repentant Righteous One Escapes Judgment . 79 Noah as Priest: Covenant Redefi ned . 80 Noah and Progeny: How to Be Rightly Planted in the Land . 85 Th e Scope and Timing of Revelation to Noah . 88 Continuing the Conversation . 93 CHAPTER FIVE NOAH IN THE GENESIS APOCRYPHON AND OTHER ARAMAIC TEXTS Introduction . 97 CONTENTS ix Texts and Observations . 98 In the Aramaic Levi and Aramaic Daniel Traditions . 98 4QNaissance de Noé ar: Chosen One of God . 101 Th e Genesis Apocryphon: An Enochic and Levitic Noah? . 106 Text . 106 Introduction of Th emes? (0, 1 – I, 29) . 107 Origin of Noah: Seed and True Planting (II, 1 – V, 27) . 108 Noah, Righteous, Wise, Visionary Priest (V, 29 – XII, 17) . 110 Visions of Imminent and Eschatological Destinies (XIII, 8 – XVII, 19) . 114 Noah: A Diff erent Kind of Righteous One . 115 Noah: Lamech’s Son and Abraham’s Ancestor . 117 Noah as “Writer”: Was Th ere a “Book of Noah”? . 121 Continuing the Conversation . 124 CHAPTER SIX NOAH IN THE HEBREW PRE-SECTARIAN TEXTS (2) Introduction . 129 Texts and Observations . 130 4QExposition on the Patriarchs (4Q464): A Confusion of Languages . 130 1QBook of Noah (1Q19): Glorifi ed among the Sons of Heaven . 132 4QTanh\umim (4Q176): Th e Name of Noah and Consoling Words . 134 4QFestival Prayersb (4Q508): Covenant, Atonement, and Judgment . 135 “To distinguish between the righteous and the wicked” (4Q508 1 1) . 136 “You know our inclination” (4Q508 2 5) . 137 “We have done wickedly” (4Q508 3 1) . 137 “You established your covenant for Noah” (4Q508 3 2) . 138 4QParaphrase of Genesis and Exodus (4Q422): Creation and Re-creation . 139 “Whom/what God chose (it) (l) hb rxb r#))”? (4Q422 II, 6) . 142 “To raise water upon the earth (Cr)h l( Mym twl(l)” (4Q422 II, 7) . 143 “It shone on the heavens . the earth . as a sign for future generations of eternity” (4Q422 II, 9–11) . 143 4QAdmonition Based on the Flood (4Q370): Survival of the “Made Righteous” . 144 “He judged them . according to their . inclination” (1 I, 3a) . 146 God “thunders” and the earth “trembles” (1 I, 3b-4) . 146 x CONTENTS “Giants (Myrwbgh), too, did not escape (+lm)” (1 I, 1–9) . 146 God “makes righteous (qydcy)” (1 II, 1–4) . 147 “Forevermore (Mlw() he will have compassion (Mxr)” (4Q370 1 II, 6) . 147 Continuing the Conversation . 148 CHAPTER SEVEN NOAH IN THE HEBREW SECTARIAN TEXTS Introduction . 151 Texts and Observations . 152 Th e Damascus Document: Th e Missing Noah . 152 4QAges of Creation (4Q180–181): Th e Serek of the Sons of Noah . 154 “Th is is the rule/order of the sons of Noah” (4Q180 1 4) . 155 “Council of the sons of heaven and earth” (4Q181 1 2) . 157 “Guilt in the Yah\ad . a wicked Yah\ad” (4Q181 1 1–2) . 157 4QCommentary on Genesis A – D (4Q252–254a): Distinguishing between the Righteous and the Wicked . 158 4Q253 and 4Q253a: Noah Understood alongside Malachi? . 158 4Q254: More Blessings and Curses . 161 4Q254a: “At their appointed time” . 162 4Q252: Another “First” for Noah . 163 5QRule (5Q13): Th e Levites Remember Noah . 166 Continuing the Conversation . 169 CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSIONS Conversations among Traditions and Tradents of Noah . ..
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