4Q374: a Discourse On the Sinai Tradition: the Deification of Moses and Early Christology

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4Q374: A DISCOURSE ON THE SINAI TRADITION: THE DEIFICATION OF MOSES AND EARLY CHRISTOLOGY CRISPIN FLETCHER-LOUIS Oxford In the volume edited by D. Dimant and U. Rappaport to commem- orate 40 years of Qumran research, Carol Newsom transcribed, trans- lated and offered a preliminary commentary on a collection of Cave 4 fragments from the text designated 4Q374 (Moses Apocryphon A).' She "first examined 4Q374 in the hope that it might prove to be an addi- tional copy of the Psalms of Joshua."' Though she was disappointed, she concluded that the text was a "Discourse on the Exodus/Conquest tradition." Though there