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Contents 8 Acknowledgments 12 Abbreviations 15 Introduction 20 1 Introducing the Book 20 2 Methodological Considerations 23 3 The Plan of the Book 25 Part 1 Darash and the Jewish Leaders of the Second Temple Period 40 Chapter 2 The Scribe (sofer) in the Second Temple Period 42 1 The Scribe as Writing Professional 42 2 The Early Mesopotamian Scribe or ṭupšarru: Accountant and Tallyman 48 3 The West-Semitic Scribe or spr: Recorder 50 4 The Post-Exilic sofer: Ezra as safar dataʾ or Law Interpreter, Instructor and Advisor 57 5 safar and sofer in Other Texts of the Second Temple Period: Corroborative Evidence 77 6 The sofer in Sirach and Other Hebrew Passages of the Second Temple Period 87 7 The sofer in a Leadership Role in Jewish Society of the Late Second Temple Period 90 8 The Meaning of darash in Late Biblical Hebrew 94 9 Conclusions 102 Excursus: The Figure of sofer in the Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition of the Second Temple Period 104 Chapter 3 Doresh ha-torah and midrash torah: Teaching and Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls 106 1 Introduction 106 2 midrash ha-torah and doresh ha-torah in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Texts 114 3 The Qumran Community and Instruction in Law 142 Appe

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Mandel, Paul D.

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