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From: Andrew  Gross 
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On Sun, 18 Feb 1996 LECHEM777@delphi.com wrote:

> > On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Andrew Gross wrote:
> > 
> > > methodological leap of faith.  Specifically, even if the figures for
> > > distribution of text-types at Qumran support Schiffman's position, one 
> > > still must assume that the distribution of text-types at Qumran can be 
> > > extrapolated to all of Palestine at that time.  I still don't see how 
> > > such an extrapolation is justified 
> > 
> > The problem, in my mind, is further complicated by the fact that we have 
> > only what was found at Qumran; we don't know if we have even fully 
> > represents the Qumran community, let alone Palestine.
> 
>      But much that was found in Qumran was also found in other sites and
> dicoveries. The Chairo Ghenizah for example. The Damascus document was
> utilized (for whatever reason) for almost a thousand years (poss. only 500
> yrs). 
>      I believe that the Qumram documents are a fine example of what
> sociologists call a "cross section of a given society" or Judaean Society.
> (Below is an important cross reference into another discipline) 

[LOTS of stuff deleted]


> Bradley Harrison
> Phila. Pa
> MA JS Gratz College


Hello Bradley,

I think you have totally misunderstood the topic of this discussion.  If 
I am wrong, please correct me, but we are not talking about the Qumran 
texts as a whole, but only the Biblical texts found in the Qumran caves.

While I would dispute your statement that "much" that was found at Qumran
was also found at other sites (what other Qumran document besides CD was
found in the Cairo Genizah?), that is immaterial.  Our primary focus here
is to reconstruct the text of the Hebrew Bible and not the social
structures of Second Temple Judaism (though we can try doing that on the 
side if we like).

Because you are subscribed to the textual criticism list, I'm assuming
that you are aware of the methodologies and approaches that define textual
criticism of the Hebrew Bible.  If not, I would be happy to rehearse for 
you what we had been talking about in the early stages of this thread.


cheers,


andrew gross

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