Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts

HR Jacobus

Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts

Religions & Theology

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Abstract

This essay reassesses the suggestion that the reason the raven is missing from the flood chronology of 4Q252 (Commentary on Genesis A) may be due to scribal error. I expand on the idea that the raven was deliberately excised for calendrical purposes. Furthermore, other deluge traditions concerning the birds of the ark are explored and it is claimed that these can be identified in both 4Q252 and 4Q254a (Commentary on Genesis D)

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Opening heaven's floodgates
Subtitle of host publication	The Genesis Flood narrative, its context and reception
Editors	JM Silverman
Publisher	Gorgias Press
Pages	85-112
Number of pages	28
Volume	12
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61143-894-9
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2013

Publication series

Name	Biblical Intersections
Publisher	Gorgias

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Jacobus, HR. (2013). Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts. In JM. Silverman (Ed.), Opening heaven's floodgates: The Genesis Flood narrative, its context and reception (Vol. 12, pp. 85-112). (Biblical Intersections). Gorgias Press. http://www.gorgiaspress.com/bookshop/showproduct.aspx?ISBN=978-1-61143-894-9

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Jacobus, HR 2013, Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts. in JM Silverman (ed.), Opening heaven's floodgates: The Genesis Flood narrative, its context and reception. vol. 12, Biblical Intersections, Gorgias Press, pp. 85-112. <http://www.gorgiaspress.com/bookshop/showproduct.aspx?ISBN=978-1-61143-894-9>

Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts. / Jacobus, HR.
Opening heaven's floodgates: The Genesis Flood narrative, its context and reception. ed. / JM Silverman. Vol. 12 Gorgias Press, 2013. p. 85-112 (Biblical Intersections).

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