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EXEGETICAL NOTES ON 4Q225 “PSEUDO-JUBILEES” JAMES KUGEL Bar Ilan University The texts 4Q225 – 227 “Pseudo-Jubilees” were published by James VanderKam and J. T. Milik. 1 These texts were classi fi ed as “Pseudo- Jubilees” because, while not part of the book of Jubilees itself, they share certain characteristics with that book, notably the reference to Satan as Mastemah, that is, “the angel 2 of loathing” ( hmfçmh rç or hmfçm rçh ), 3 and the dating of events with reference to the number of jubilees. One part of 4Q225 deals with the famous story of Abraham’s offering up of his son Isaac as a sacri fi ce (Genesis 22), and this sec- tion has already been the subject of several studies. 4 Despite this 1 H. Attridge et al., Qumran Cave 4. VIII Parabiblical Texts Part I (DJD XIII; Oxford: Clarendon, 1994) 141 – 75. 2 Some translators have rendered rç here as “prince,” but clearly the word means “angel,” as in, for example, Dan. 10:13, 20 – 21, 12:1. This usage is generally under- stood as a development of late biblical Hebrew, but it may have earlier roots: Ps. 82:7 seems to refer to shooting stars
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