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SUMMARY:“Prophets, intrigue and redemption at the Achaemenid court: 4Q550 as Ira
no-Judaic literature in Qumran”
DESCRIPTION:\nA newly restored small Aramaic scroll from Qumran called 4
Q550 reveals an unexpected text: it contains an Achaemenid Persian court
-tale set in the court of king Xerxes I. The narrative’s main heroes are
a Jewish prophet by the name of Bagsaro and his righteous father Patriz
a who saves the king from a wicked conspiracy. This text is unique among
the Dead Sea Scroll “library” from Qumran\, and\, indeed\, within “Seco
nd Temple” literature in general\, in that it contains a mostly secular\
, non-sectarian and non-biblical tale. It is a sort of “Midrash Agadah”—
but rather than being a midrash (commentary) on a biblical text\, it is
based on a paragraph from column IV of Darius the Great’s famous inscrip
tion at Behistun in Iran. This talk will review the scroll’s reconstruct
ion\, as well as this text’s implications for Biblical studies\, Jewish
Studies\, and Iranian Studies.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.ps
u.edu/event/prophets-at-the-achaemenid-court/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A newly restore
d small Aramaic scroll from Qumran called 4Q550 reveals an unexpected te
xt: it contains an Achaemenid Persian court-tale set in the court of kin
g Xerxes I. The narrative’s main heroes are a Jewish prophet by the name
of Bagsaro and his righteous father Patriza who saves the king from a w
icked conspiracy. This text is unique among the Dead Sea Scroll “library
” from Qumran, and, indeed, within “Second Temple” literature in general
, in that it contains a mostly secular, non-sectarian and non-biblical t
ale. It is a sort of “Midrash Agadah”—but rather than being a midrash (c
ommentary) on a biblical text, it is based on a paragraph from column IV
of Darius the Great’s famous inscription at Behistun in Iran. This talk
will review the scroll’s reconstruction, as well as this text’s implica
tions for Biblical studies, Jewish Studies, and Iranian Studies.
F
or more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/prophets-at-the-ach
aemenid-court/
LOCATION:102 Weaver Building
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