Jubilees: The Hermeneia Translation

by James C. VanderKam

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2020

Overview

The book of Jubilees was written by a Jewish author in the second century BCE. Although no original copies of the manuscript remain, the fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed the general accuracy of later copies and suggested important amendments. The text retraces the book of Genesis and parts of Exodus and thus is one of the earliest sustained commentaries on the narratives presented in those texts. The translation in this volume is drawn from the author’s monumental two-volume work in the Hermeneia commentary series and takes into account all of the textual data now available. The translation is accompanied by carefully selected notes that illuminate the text and is ideal for classroom use.

Key Features

• Features the translation the author's monumental two-volume work in the Hermeneia commentary series
• Retraces the book of Genesis and parts of Exodus
• Includes carefully selected notes that illuminate the text

Contents

Top Highlights

“Then I stood in front of him and in front of the prince of Mastema.” (Page 69)

“When Sarah saw Ishmael playing and dancing^a and Abraham being extremely happy, she became jealous of Ishmael.” (Page 66)

“Banish this maidservant and her son because this maidservant’s son will not be an heir with my son Isaac.” (Page 66)

“faithful in every difficulty which he had told him” (Page 68)

Product Details

• Title: Jubilees: The Hermeneia Translation
• Author: James C. VanderKam
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 165
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Book of Jubilees
• ISBNs: 9781506467030, 9781506467047, 9780800660352, 1506467032, 1506467040, 0800660358
• Resource ID: LLS:JBLSHRMNTRNSLTN
• Resource Type: text.monograph.ancient-manuscript.translation
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-04T19:36:26Z

About James C. VanderKam

James C. VanderKam is John A. O’Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited twelve volumes in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert and is a member of the editorial committee for the remaining unpublished Dead Sea scrolls. He is one of the two editors in chief of the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000) and author of the prize-winning The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994), From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (2000), An Introduction to Early Judaism (2001), The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002), and From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile (Fortress Press, 2004). Prof. VanderKam is the editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature.