Quoting Søren Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Stephen,
[....]
It would support your thesis, I assume, if the use of "osey hattora"
was more or les restricted to the undisputedly "sectarian" corpus.
I'm at home right now with only rather incomplete tools for searching
the texts, but perhaps you know the answer by heart already?
[....]
Soren,
Hello, and thanks for your question. The answer is yes, osey tatorah is
found in
Qumran mss only in sectarian texts (pHab, pPsalms a...), texts otherwise known
as Essene texts. In fact, further, this collocation is known in ancient Hebrew
only in Qumran mss; at least, that was the conclusion after I consulted the
Materials for the Historical Dictionary of Hebrew (the microfiche
edition--perhaps the newer CD version has an expanded database?). A
list of the
relevant texts and related texts is in DSS After Fifty Years: A Comprehenisve
Assessment, volume 2 (1999) in my chapter and some are discussed also in the
chapter by Jim VanderKam. A bibliography of pre1948 publications that discuss
the origin (from 1532 on) is in the g-megillot archives (and I've found
additional references since sending that list).
all the best,
Stephen
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