The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran

Guy Darshan

doi:10.1163/9789004511705_007

The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran

Guy Darshan

Department of Bible

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One of the main approaches to the textual history of MT 1 Kings / LXX 3 Kingdoms views the LXX (or its Hebrew Vorlage) as a late midrashic reworking of the MT version, or a rewritten text which can be compared to some of the “rewritten Bible” compositions from Qumran. In contrast to this view, by analyzing the prominent differences between the MT and LXX in 1 Kings 6–8, this paper aims to illustrate that the MT account of the building of Solomon’s Temple also appears to have been reworked in a fashion similar to that of some of the biblical scrolls from Qumran. In 1 Kings 8, brief expansions written in a Priestly style that correspond with sections in 4QSama were added; and in 1 Kings 6, a larger Priestly-like section, along the lines of the rewritten Joshua scrolls from Qumran (4Q379; 4Q522), was inserted. These quasi-Priestly revisions in 1 Kings 6–8 were intended to fuse the account of the building of the Temple with pentateuchal traditions, making the Solomonic Temple a direct continuation of the Priestly Tabernacle.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Editors	Ruth A. Clements, Russell Fuller, Armin Lange, Paul D. Mandel
Place of Publication	Leiden, The Netherlands
Publisher	Brill
Chapter	6
Pages	219-240
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004511705
ISBN (Print)	9789004504622
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004511705_007
State	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Volume	137
ISSN (Print)	0169-9962
ISSN (Electronic)	2588-9982

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Darshan, G. (2023). The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran. In R. A. Clements, R. Fuller, A. Lange, & P. D. Mandel (Eds.), The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (pp. 219-240). (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; Vol. 137). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004511705_007

Darshan, Guy. / The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran. The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. editor / Ruth A. Clements ; Russell Fuller ; Armin Lange ; Paul D. Mandel. Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2023. pp. 219-240 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah).

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Darshan, G 2023, The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran. in RA Clements, R Fuller, A Lange & PD Mandel (eds), The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, vol. 137, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 219-240. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004511705_007

The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran. / Darshan, Guy.
The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. ed. / Ruth A. Clements; Russell Fuller; Armin Lange; Paul D. Mandel. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2023. p. 219-240 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; Vol. 137).

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Darshan G. The Quasi-Priestly Additions in MT 1 Kings 6–8 in Light of “Rewritten Bible” Compositions from Qumran. In Clements RA, Fuller R, Lange A, Mandel PD, editors, The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna Institute for Jewish Studies and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. 2023. p. 219-240. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah). doi: 10.1163/9789004511705_007

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