Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) and Université catholique de Louvain, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-366) and indexes.

Matiere Préliminaire / J.-S. Rey -- Introduction / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Un. 4qinstruction Et Ben Sira / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Deux. 4qinstruction, 1qs Et 1qh / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Trois. Le Vocabulaire Caractéristique De 4qinstruction / J.-S. Rey -- Annexe Lexique Sélectif De 4qinstruction / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Quatre. La Pauvreté / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Cinq. Épouses Et Maris / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Six. L’Honneur Envers Les Parents / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Sept. Cosmologie Et Eschatologie / J.-S. Rey -- Chapitre Huit. Les Catégories De 4qinstruction / J.-S. Rey -- Conclusion / J.-S. Rey -- Bibliographie / J.-S. Rey -- Index Des Références / J.-S. Rey -- Index Des Auteurs Modernes / J.-S. Rey.

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This volume consists of an edition, a translation and a commentary of the most important fragments of 4QInstruction. Initially it deals with the linguistic characteristics of the scroll highlighting the links between 4QInstruction and Ben Sira, and also with the Community Rule and the Hodayot. It then investigates the Sapiential fragments dealing with poverty, husband-wife and parent-child relationships. Finally it examines the eschatological fragments. The work seeks to improve the edition and understanding of this fundamental text enhancing our knowledge of the history and development of thinking at Qumran. Moreover, it examines links which 4QInstruction establishes between purely Sapiential discourse and descriptions of eschatological judgement. This study substantially illuminates our understanding of the Wisdom movement in the early intertestamental period.

Text of 4QInstruction in Hebrew with French translation; commentary in French.