- 342 Malloy Hall, Department of Theology, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 46556
Gary Knoppers
University of Notre Dame, Theology, Faculty Member
The Pentateuch: International Perspectives on Current Research, ed. Thomas B. Dozeman, Konrad Schmid, and Baruch J. Schwartz (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 78; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011) 507–31. Following recent developments in the... more
The Pentateuch: International Perspectives on Current Research, ed. Thomas B. Dozeman, Konrad Schmid, and Baruch J. Schwartz (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 78; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011) 507–31.
Following recent developments in the study of the LXX and the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), this essay questions whether the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) should be viewed, as it often is, as an offshoot of the proto-Masoretic Pentateuch. That the so-called pre-Samaritan manuscripts found among the DSS share many features with the SP, such as conflationary tendencies, linguistic features, and content, means that some of the specific features that were formerly thought to be distinguishing marks of the SP turn out to be non-exclusive to the Samaritans. Rather, these particular texts and the larger tradition of which they are a part belong to the common patrimony of Judeans and Samarians in the late centuries BCE. That the SP was developed with its distinctive sectarian readings out of one particular family of pentateuchal texts at a relatively late date (second–first centuries BCE) has important implications for our understanding of the editing and transmission of the Pentateuch in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods. The long-term historical relationship between the Samarians and Judeans – before these groups became somewhat alienated in the second century BCE – should be given, therefore, more attention in elucidating the formation, editing, and early transmission of the Pentateuch.
Following recent developments in the study of the LXX and the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), this essay questions whether the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) should be viewed, as it often is, as an offshoot of the proto-Masoretic Pentateuch. That the so-called pre-Samaritan manuscripts found among the DSS share many features with the SP, such as conflationary tendencies, linguistic features, and content, means that some of the specific features that were formerly thought to be distinguishing marks of the SP turn out to be non-exclusive to the Samaritans. Rather, these particular texts and the larger tradition of which they are a part belong to the common patrimony of Judeans and Samarians in the late centuries BCE. That the SP was developed with its distinctive sectarian readings out of one particular family of pentateuchal texts at a relatively late date (second–first centuries BCE) has important implications for our understanding of the editing and transmission of the Pentateuch in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods. The long-term historical relationship between the Samarians and Judeans – before these groups became somewhat alienated in the second century BCE – should be given, therefore, more attention in elucidating the formation, editing, and early transmission of the Pentateuch.
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in Rewriting Biblical History: Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honour of Pancratius C. Beentjes, ed. H. W. M. Grol and J. Corley (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies 7; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011) 211–29.
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in The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe, ed. P. R. Davies and D. V. Edelman (LHBOTS 530; London: T. & T. Clark Continuum, 2010), 159–74.
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in Reflection and Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld (ed. R. Rezetko, T. H. Lim, and W. B. Aucker; VTSup 113; Leiden: Brill, 2007) 223–39.
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Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/Le société canadienne des études bibliques 64 (2004–5) 5–32; Manu secunda, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 34/3-4 (2005) 307–36,
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In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar, ed. J. Day (JSOTSup 406; London: T. & T. Clark Continuum, 2004) 150–80.
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Journal of Biblical Literature 122 (2003) 627–50.
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The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001) 393–415.
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Catholic Biblical Quartrely 57 (1996) 229–54. Reprinted in Reconsidering Israel and Judah: The Deuteronomistic History in Recent Thought (ed. G.N. Knoppers and J.G. McConville; SBTS 8; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000) 370–96.
Research Interests: Religion, Theology, Ideology, Biblical Studies, Second Temple Judaism, and 5 moreHebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Jerusalem, Pre-Exilic Ancient Israel - Hebrew Bible and Archaeology; Phoenician-Punic language and epigraphy; Levantine Archaeology (espeically Biblical Archaeology), Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and The Temple of Solomon
Revue Biblique 100 (1993) 511–32
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“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny... more
“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny Reich; Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2009) 78–87
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“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny... more
“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny Reich; Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2009) 78–87
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“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny... more
“Beyond Jerusalem and Judah: The Commission of Artaxerxes In Eretz-Israel—Archaeological, Historical and Geographic Studies: Ephraim Stern Volume (Eretz Israel 29; ed. Joseph Aviram, Ammon Ben Tor, Israel Ephʿal, Seymour Gitin, and Ronny Reich; Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2009) 78–87
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The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 3/4 (2000) http:/www.purl.org/jhs [repr. in Perspectives on Biblical Hebrew IV, ed. Ehud Ben Zvi (Gorgias Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures 1; Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2006) 269–89].
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Textus 20 (2000) 141–68.
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Co-authored with (the late) Paul B. Harvey, Jr., Journal of Biblical Literature 121 (2002) 227–43.
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Biblica 76 (1995) 449-70.
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journal of the american oriental society 114 (1994) 572-82
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Journal of Biblical Literature 118 (1999) 49–72
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Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996) 601–626
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in Zion, City of Our God, ed. R. S. Hess and G. J. Wenham: (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999) 57–76.
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15 (2015) Article 3.
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The Chronicler as Theologian (ed. M.P. Graham, G.N. Knoppers, and S.L. McKenzie; JSOTSup. 371; London: T. & T. Clark
International, 2003) 13–31
International, 2003) 13–31
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Texts, Contexts and Readings in Postexilic Literature: Explorations into Historiography and Identity Negotiation in Hebrew Bible and Related Texts (ed. Louis C. Jonker; Forschungen zum Alten Testament II, 53; Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2011)... more
Texts, Contexts and Readings in Postexilic Literature: Explorations into Historiography and Identity Negotiation in Hebrew Bible and Related Texts (ed. Louis C. Jonker; Forschungen zum Alten Testament II, 53; Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2011) 29–61
Research Interests: Ancient History, Diasporas, Hebrew Bible, Biblical Studies, Exile, and 10 moreDeuteronomistic History, Prophets, Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah, Exile and Restoration, Diaspora Studies, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Exile Literature, Book of Ezekiel, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
King and Messiah in Israel and the Ancient Near East: Papers from the Oxford Old Testament Seminar, ed. J. Day (JSOT Sup. 270; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998) 91–118
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Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period (ed. A. Killebrew and A. Vaughn; SBL Symposium Series 18; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003) 307–326
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Die Samaritaner und die Bibel: Die Samaritaner in der biblischen Tradition—die jüdische und frühchristliche Geschichte in samaritanischen Quellen, ed. Jörg Frey, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, and Konrad Schmid; Studia Samaritana 7; Berlin:... more
Die Samaritaner und die
Bibel: Die Samaritaner in der biblischen Tradition—die jüdische und frühchristliche Geschichte in samaritanischen Quellen, ed. Jörg Frey, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, and Konrad Schmid; Studia Samaritana 7; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2012) 81–118
Bibel: Die Samaritaner in der biblischen Tradition—die jüdische und frühchristliche Geschichte in samaritanischen Quellen, ed. Jörg Frey, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, and Konrad Schmid; Studia Samaritana 7; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2012) 81–118
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Let us Go up to Zion: Essays in Honour of H. G. M. Williamson on the Occasion of his Sixty-fifth Birthday, ed. Iain Provan and Mark J. Boda (Supplements to Vetus Tetsamentum 153; Leiden: Brill, 2012) 152–65
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Saul in History and Tradition (ed. C.S. Ehrlich and M. White; FAT 47; Tübingen 47: Mohr Siebeck, 2006) 187–213
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Shai le-Sara Japhet: Studies in the Bible, Its Exegesis, and Its Language (ed. Moshe Bar-Asher, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Emanuel Tov, and Nili Wazana; Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2007) 99*–*123*
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Journal of Biblical Literature 116 (1997) 19–44
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Periodisierung und Epochenbewusstein im Alten Testament und in seinem Umfeld (ed. Josef Wiesehöfer and Thomas Krüger; Oriens et Occidens 20; Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2012) 121–45
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Textus 22 (2005) 21–63
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Bulletin for Biblical Research 19 (2009) 11–34
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Journal of Biblical Literature 113 (1994) 87–108
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Journal of the American Oriental Society 116 (1996) 670–97
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in Deuteronomy Between Torah and Deuteronomistic History (ed. E. Otto and R. Achenbach; Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 206; Göttingen:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004) 135–152
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004) 135–152
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Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 411–31
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Research Interests: Ancient History, Jewish Studies, Mimesis, Historiography, Biblical Studies, and 17 moreDeuteronomistic History, Prophets, Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah, Biblical Archaeology, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Judaism, Wisdom Literature, Religious Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, Paul, Ot, Pentateuch, Former Prophets, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Pauline Letters, and NT
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During the past decade, the period from the 7th century B.C.E. and later has been a major focus because it is thought to be the era when much of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was formed. As a result, there has also been much interest in... more
During the past decade, the period from the 7th century B.C.E. and later has been a major focus because it is thought to be the era when much of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was formed. As a result, there has also been much interest in the historical developments of that time and specifically in the status of Judah and its neighbors. Three conferences dealing roughly with a century each were organized, and the first conference was held in Tel Aviv in 2001; the proceedings of that conference were published as Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. The second volume was published in early 2006, a report on the conference held in Heidelberg in July 2003: Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period.
Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. is the publication of the proceedings of the third conference, which was held in Muenster, Germany, in August 2005; the essays in it focus on the century during which the Persian Empire fell to Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic kingdoms came to the fore.
Participants whose contributions are published here are: R. Achenbach, R. Albertz, B. Becking, E. Ben Zvi, J. Blenkinsopp, E. Eshel, H. Eshel, L. L. Grabbe, A. Kloner, G. N. Knoppers, I. Kottsieper, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, Y. Magen, K. Schmid, I. Stern., O. Tal, D. Vanderhooft, J. Wiesehöfer, J. L. Wright, and J. W. Wright.
Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. is the publication of the proceedings of the third conference, which was held in Muenster, Germany, in August 2005; the essays in it focus on the century during which the Persian Empire fell to Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic kingdoms came to the fore.
Participants whose contributions are published here are: R. Achenbach, R. Albertz, B. Becking, E. Ben Zvi, J. Blenkinsopp, E. Eshel, H. Eshel, L. L. Grabbe, A. Kloner, G. N. Knoppers, I. Kottsieper, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, Y. Magen, K. Schmid, I. Stern., O. Tal, D. Vanderhooft, J. Wiesehöfer, J. L. Wright, and J. W. Wright.