Habakkuk 2:5a : denouncing ‘wine’ or ‘wealth’? Contextual readings of the Masoretic text and 1QpHab

dc.contributor.authorPrinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus
dc.contributor.emailgert.prinsloo@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-18T08:54:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-18T08:54:01Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-30
dc.description.abstractHabakkuk 2:5 is a problematic text. The ‘correctness’ of the Masoretic text’s passage ‘moreover, the wine is treacherous, an arrogant person – he will not come to rest’ has often been questioned. The discovery of the Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab) in Cave 1 at Qumran gave impetus to this tendency. It contains a reading quite different from the Masoretic text. It reads ‘moreover, wealth deceives an arrogant man, and he will not come to rest’. Many modern commentaries and translations assume that 1QpHab contains the ‘correct’ reading. This study argues that this assumption is based upon questionable text critical practice and pleads for a contextual interpretation of variant readings before rash decisions about the status of the Masoretic text can be made.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAncient Languagesen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPrinsloo, G., 2016, ‘Habakkuk 2:5a: Denouncing “wine” or “wealth”? Contextual readings of the Masoretic text and 1QpHab’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72(4), a3576. http://dx.DOI. org/10.4102.hts.v72i4.3576.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102.hts.v72i4.3576
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/58552
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectHabakkuk 2:5en_ZA
dc.subjectWineen_ZA
dc.subjectMasoretic texten_ZA
dc.subjectArrogant manen_ZA
dc.subjectPesher Habakkuk (1QpHab)en_ZA
dc.subjectWealthen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHumanities articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.titleHabakkuk 2:5a : denouncing ‘wine’ or ‘wealth’? Contextual readings of the Masoretic text and 1QpHaben_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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