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SUMMARY:“Prophets, Intrigue, and Redemption at the Achaemenid Court: 4Q550 as Ir
ano-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 heroe
s are a Jewish prophet by the name of Bagsaro and his righteous father P
atriza who save the king from a wicked conspiracy. This text is unique a
mong the Dead Sea Scroll &ldquo\;library&rdquo\; from Qumran\, and\, ind
eed\, within &ldquo\;Second Temple&rdquo\; literature in general\, in th
at it contains a mostly secular\, non-sectarian and non-biblical tale. I
t is a sort of &ldquo\;Midrash Agadah&rdquo\;&mdash\;but rather than bei
ng a midrash (commentary) on a biblical text\, it is based on a paragrap
h from column IV of Darius the Great&rsquo\;s famous inscription at Behi
stun in Iran. This talk will review the scroll&rsquo\;s reconstruction\,
as well as this text&rsquo\;s implications for Biblical studies\, Jewis
h Studies\, and Iranian Studies.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.
psu.edu/event/prophets_intrigue_and_redemption_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 save the king from
a wicked conspiracy. This text is unique among the Dead Sea Scroll &ldqu
o;library” from Qumran, and, indeed, within “Second Temple&r
dquo; literature in general, in that it contains a mostly secular, non-s
ectarian and non-biblical tale. It is a sort of “Midrash Agadah&rd
quo;—but rather than being a midrash (commentary) on a biblical te
xt, 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 scro
ll’s reconstruction, as well as this text’s implications for
Biblical studies, Jewish Studies, and Iranian Studies.
For more d
etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/prop
hets_intrigue_and_redemption_at_the_achaemenid_court/
LOCATION:102 Weaver Building
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