CONTENTS

Tables and Maps

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Map: New Reconstruction of a World Map Like That Underlying Jubileesand the Genesis Apocryphon

SECTION ONE THE BACKGROUND AND TEXT OF THE GENESIS APOCRYPHON

Chapter One. The Genesis Apocryphon: Issues and Objectives

1.1. Objectives

1.2. Current Issues in Study of the Genesis Apocryphon

1.2.1. Literary Genre

1.2.2. Relationship to Genesis

1.2.2.1. Theological Tendenz

1.2.2.2. Variation in Exegetical Expansion

1.2.2.3. 1QapGen 21.23

1.2.3. Qumran Origins?

1.2.4. Relationship to Other Ancient Jewish Texts

1.2.4.1. 1 Enoch and Jubilees

1.2.4.1.1. 1 Enoch

Excursus: The Date of 1 Enoch 106–107

1.2.4.1.2. Jubilees

Excursus: The Date of Jubilees

1.2.4.2. Other Dead Sea Scrolls

1.2.4.2.1. 1Q19 (1Q Livre de Noé)

1.2.4.2.2. 4Q534 (4Q Mess ar; 4Q Naissance de Noéa ar)

1.2.4.2.3. 4Q535–536 (4Q Naissance de Noé ar)

1.2.4.2.4. 6Q8

1.2.4.3. Additional Texts

1.2.4.3.1. Other “Rewritten” Biblical Works

1.2.4.3.2. Rabbinic Midrashim and the Targumim

Chapter Two. Text, Translation, and Notes

2.1. Introduction to The Present Edition

2.1.1. History and Previous Editions

2.1.1.1. Pre-publication History

2.1.1.2. Milik (Mil)—1955

2.1.1.3. Avigad and Yadin (AY)—1956

2.1.1.4. Fitzmyer—1966

2.1.1.5. Fitzmyer—1971

2.1.1.6. Jongeling, Labuschagne, and van der Woude ( J)—1976

2.1.1.7. Beyer (B1/2)—1984/1994

2.1.1.8. Wise and Zuckerman—1991

2.1.1.9. Qimron (Qim1/2)—1992/1999

2.1.1.10. Greenfield and Qimron (GQ)—1992

2.1.1.11. Morgenstern, Qimron, and Sivan (MQS)—1995

2.1.1.12. García Martínez and Tigchelaar (GMT)—1997

2.1.1.13. Fitzmyer (F)—2004

2.1.1.14. Beyer (B3)—2004

2.1.1.15. Abegg and Wise (AW)—2005

2.1.1.16. Falk (Flk)—2007

2.1.1.17. Other Commentators

2.1.2. The Present Edition

2.1.2.1. The Need for a New Edition

2.1.2.2. Spacing

2.1.2.3. Diacritical Marks

2.1.2.4. Reconstruction and Tenuous Readings

2.1.2.5. Translation

2.1.3. Textual Notes

2.1.3.1. Photographs

2.1.3.2. List of Abbreviations for Sources Consulted in theTextual Notes

2.1.4. The Manuscript

2.1.4.1. Description, Length, and Dimensions

2.1.4.2. Present Condition

2.2. Aramaic Transcription with English Translation

SECTION TWO THE DIVISION OF THE EARTH IN GENESIS APOCRYPHON 16–17: A CASE STUDY ON ITS RELATIONSHIPTO THE BOOK OF JUBILEES

Chapter Three. The Background of Genesis Apocryphon 16–17

3.1. External Background I: Genesis 10 and Other Biblical Texts

3.2. External Background II: The Ionian Map of the Inhabited Earth(oikoumene)

Excursus: Babylonian Geography

3.3. Internal Background I: The Geographic Substructure of the Genesis Apocryphon

3.3.1. Getting to Know Noah

3.3.1.1. Genesis Apocryphon 3.17

3.3.1.2. Genesis Apocryphon 7.1–2

3.3.1.3. Genesis Apocryphon 11.9–12

3.3.1.4. Genesis Apocryphon 11.16–17

3.3.1.5. Genesis Apocryphon 16–17

3.3.2. Abram, Heir of Arpachshad’s Share

3.3.2.1. Genesis Apocryphon 19.12–13

3.3.2.2. Genesis Apocryphon 21.8–22

3.3.3. Summary

3.4. Internal Background II: Noah’s Arboreal Dream in GenesisApocryphon 13–15

3.4.1. What can we say about Columns 13–15?

3.4.2. Some Associated Traditions

3.4.2.1. The “Dream of the Garden”

3.4.2.2. “Cursed be Canaan”

3.4.3. The Setting and Import of the Dream in the GenesisApocryphon

3.4.3.1 : “And it was revealed”

3.4.4. Summary

Chapter Four. A Comparative Commentary on the Earth’s Division inJubilees 8:11–9:15 and Genesis Apocryphon 16–17

4.1. Jubilees 8:11–9:15

4.1.1. Noah’s Division among his Sons: Jubilees 8:10–30

4.1.1.1. Shem’s Portion: 8:12–21

Excursus 1: The Tina River

Excursus 2: Karas

Excursus 3: The Branch of the Egyptian Sea

Excursus 4: The Mouth of the Great Sea

Excursus 5: Afra/Fara

4.1.1.2. Ham’s Portion: 8:22–24

Excursus 6: The Mauq Sea

4.1.1.3. Japheth’s Portion: 8:25–30

Excursus 7: Aferag

4.1.2. The Subdivision among Noah’s Grandsons: Jubilees 9:1–15

4.1.2.1. Ham’s Sons: 9:1

4.1.2.2. Shem’s Sons: 9:2–6

Excursus 8: The Mountains of Asshur

4.1.2.3. Japheth’s Sons: 9:7–13

Excursus 9: The Islands of Caphtor/Kamaturi

4.1.3. Summary: Jubilees’ Division of the Earth

4.2. Genesis Apocryphon 16–17

4.2.1. Noah’s Division among his Sons: Genesis Apocryphon 16

4.2.1.1. Japheth’s Portion: 16.8–12

4.2.1.2. Shem’s Portion: 16.14–25

4.2.1.3. Ham’s Portion: 16.26 ff.

4.2.2. The Subdivision among Noah’s Grandsons: GenesisApocryphon 17

4.2.2.1. Ham’s Sons?

4.2.2.2. Shem’s Sons: 17.7–15

4.2.2.3. Japheth’s Sons: 17.16–19

4.2.3. Summary: The Genesis Apocryphon’s Division of the Earthand its Relation to Jubilees

Chapter Five. Conclusions

5.1. The Exegetical Nature of the Genesis Apocryphon

5.1.1. Relationship to Genesis

5.1.2. Exegetical Unevenness: Noah and Abram

5.1.3. The Exalted Status of Noah (and Abram)

5.1.4. Apocalypticism and Heavenly Wisdom

5.1.5. Dreams

5.1.6. Rights to the Land of Israel

5.1.7. Hellenistic Influence

5.1.8. Purpose

5.2. Provenance and Date

5.2.1. The Judean Compositional Setting

5.2.2. A non-Qumran (but Qumran-friendly) Work

5.2.3. Is 1Q20 the Autograph of the Genesis Apocryphon?

5.2.4. Date of the Present Manuscript (1Q20)

5.2.5. Language

5.2.6. Relationship to Jubilees, 1 Enoch, and Other Works

5.2.7. Summary: A Second Century bce Companion to Genesis

Illustrations

Aramaic Concordance

Bibliography

Indices

Author Index

Place Index

Ancient Sources Index

Subject Index