4QMMT and / as Hellenistic Literature
Doering Lutz
Research article (book contribution)Abstract
This article compares 4QMMT with, and understands it in the context of, Hellenistic literature. It first deals with the use of calendars for politics and then probes the genre of 4QMMT between epistle and treatise, comparing it with official and other corporate letters as well as epistolary treatises, and drawing on structural features of Hellenistic letter closings and epistolary phrases to illuminate 4QMMT. In these respects, MMT shows numerous intriguing similarities with (other) Hellenistic literature. The article is part of a recent trend in scholarship to see Qumran texts enmeshed in the Hellenistic culture of their time rather than to speak of an “influence” of Hellenism on Qumran.
Details about the publication
Editors: Kratz Reinhard G.
Book title: Interpreting and Living God's Law at Qumran: Miqṣat Ma῾aśe Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT)
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck Verlag
Place of publication: Tübingen
Status: Published
Release year: 2020
Language in which the publication is written: English
Keywords: Hellenistic Literature; Calendar; Law; Official Letter; Epistle; Treatise; Epistolary Treatise; Corporate Letter; Letter Closing; Epilogue; Epistolary Perfect; Philophronesis; Modesty
Authors from the University of Münster
| Doering, Lutz |
Projects the publication originates from
Duration: 01/11/2014 - 31/12/2018 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |