Jonathan Ben‐dov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4873353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Ben‐dov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ben‐dov |
| SIGNATURE | BEN DOV J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5346-6950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nominal Density and Semantic Compression in the Liturgical Style of 4QBerakhot
This article examines the stylistic and rhetorical function of the construct state in a liturgical pericope from 4QBerakhot (4Q286, frg. 1a ii, lines 1–11), one of the densest concentrations of construct chains in the Qumran corpus. Through close philological reading, colometric analysis, and systematic comparison with related Yaḥad compositions—chiefly the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, the Community Rule, and the Hodayot—it argues that the con…
A 360-Day Administrative Year in Ancient Israel
Administrators in ancient Judah used schematic 30-day months and a 360-day year alongside other annual frameworks. This year was never practiced as a “calendar” for any cultic or administrative purpose, but rather served as a convenient framework for long-term planning, as well as for literary accounts that were not anchored to a concrete calendar year. Examples for such a usage are attested here from Mesopotamian texts. Material evidence for the…
Family relations and the economic-metaphysical message of Instruction
Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This idea was first formulated with regard to Instruction by Menahem Kister. In the present article, I apply this notion to the prologue (preserved in 4Q41…
Nebuchadnezzar
This article works on both the temporal and spatial axes. In the spatial axis, it is shown how Nebuchadnezzar created for himself a slightly different image in the Levant than the one propagated in Babylon, as reflected in his monuments and in biblical prophetic literature. On the temporal axis, Nebuchadnezzar's image won renewed attention in the Hellenistic period, both in Babylonia and the Levant. The article traces these twice-double reflectio…
Apocalyptic Temporality The Force of the Here and Now
The first part of the article demonstrates the case for the existence of a distinct concept of Time in apocalyptic literature and in the writings of the Yahad. The second part addresses the force of the here and now in these two corpora. While earlier readers of apocalypticism like Martin Buber denied the force of a concrete theopolitical hour in apocalypticism in contrast to biblical prophetic literature, the force of this hour is demonstrated h…
Enoch, Books of (1, 2, 3 Enoch)
Enoch (Hebrew Hanokh ) is a biblical patriarch whose literary figure was developed in Jewish apocalyptic sources and accepted as a central source of revelation in early Christian traditions, in Islam, Gnosticism, and medieval Jewish sources.
Psalm 104
Although Ps. 104:19 is often interpreted as taking sides in a calendrical conflict by supporting the exclusivity of the lunar calendar with regard to fixing the religious festivals, it is proved here that this is not the case. In the present article an interpretation of this verse is carried out with recourse to new studies on biblical parallelism, taking in account the evidence from the Amarna hymn to the Sun as well as the Jewish Medieval exege…
The Babylonian Lunar Three in Calendrical Scrolls from Qumran
The three calendrical scrolls from Qumran, 4Q320, 4Q321, and 4Q321a, contain diverse calendrical materials, including a system for dating lunar phenomena over a triennial cycle of months. These scrolls, known for some time now, were published in their official editions recently in DJD XXI. Research into the full significance of the scrolls continues. Below we will propose that the lunar data in the three scrolls match that in Late Babylonian astr…
The Initial Stages of Lunar Theory at Qumran
Psalm 104
Although Ps. 104:19 is often interpreted as taking sides in a calendrical conflict by supporting the exclusivity of the lunar calendar with regard to fixing the religious festivals, it is proved here that this is not the case. In the present article an interpretation of this verse is carried out with recourse to new studies on biblical parallelism, taking in account the evidence from the Amarna hymn to the Sun as well as the Jewish Medieval exege…
The Initial Stages of Lunar Theory at Qumran
The Babylonian Lunar Three in Calendrical Scrolls from Qumran
The three calendrical scrolls from Qumran, 4Q320, 4Q321, and 4Q321a, contain diverse calendrical materials, including a system for dating lunar phenomena over a triennial cycle of months. These scrolls, known for some time now, were published in their official editions recently in DJD XXI. Research into the full significance of the scrolls continues. Below we will propose that the lunar data in the three scrolls match that in Late Babylonian astr…
Psalm 104
Although Ps. 104:19 is often interpreted as taking sides in a calendrical conflict by supporting the exclusivity of the lunar calendar with regard to fixing the religious festivals, it is proved here that this is not the case. In the present article an interpretation of this verse is carried out with recourse to new studies on biblical parallelism, taking in account the evidence from the Amarna hymn to the Sun as well as the Jewish Medieval exege…
Enoch, Books of (1, 2, 3 Enoch)
Enoch (Hebrew Hanokh ) is a biblical patriarch whose literary figure was developed in Jewish apocalyptic sources and accepted as a central source of revelation in early Christian traditions, in Islam, Gnosticism, and medieval Jewish sources.
Apocalyptic Temporality The Force of the Here and Now
The first part of the article demonstrates the case for the existence of a distinct concept of Time in apocalyptic literature and in the writings of the Yahad. The second part addresses the force of the here and now in these two corpora. While earlier readers of apocalypticism like Martin Buber denied the force of a concrete theopolitical hour in apocalypticism in contrast to biblical prophetic literature, the force of this hour is demonstrated h…
Nebuchadnezzar
This article works on both the temporal and spatial axes. In the spatial axis, it is shown how Nebuchadnezzar created for himself a slightly different image in the Levant than the one propagated in Babylon, as reflected in his monuments and in biblical prophetic literature. On the temporal axis, Nebuchadnezzar's image won renewed attention in the Hellenistic period, both in Babylonia and the Levant. The article traces these twice-double reflectio…
Family relations and the economic-metaphysical message of Instruction
Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This idea was first formulated with regard to Instruction by Menahem Kister. In the present article, I apply this notion to the prologue (preserved in 4Q41…
A 360-Day Administrative Year in Ancient Israel
Administrators in ancient Judah used schematic 30-day months and a 360-day year alongside other annual frameworks. This year was never practiced as a “calendar” for any cultic or administrative purpose, but rather served as a convenient framework for long-term planning, as well as for literary accounts that were not anchored to a concrete calendar year. Examples for such a usage are attested here from Mesopotamian texts. Material evidence for the…
Nominal Density and Semantic Compression in the Liturgical Style of 4QBerakhot
This article examines the stylistic and rhetorical function of the construct state in a liturgical pericope from 4QBerakhot (4Q286, frg. 1a ii, lines 1–11), one of the densest concentrations of construct chains in the Qumran corpus. Through close philological reading, colometric analysis, and systematic comparison with related Yaḥad compositions—chiefly the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, the Community Rule, and the Hodayot—it argues that the con…
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