Who is the Teacher of the Teacher Hymns? Re-Examining the Teacher Hymns Hypothesis Fifty Years Later

Abstract

The coherence of the Teacher Hymns collection was an important observation of the early scholars, and their historical-critical approaches to the texts led to later studies that attempted to either further the Teacher Hymn Hypothesis or identify possible candidates for the Teacher of Righteousness himself. In this chapter, the author reexamines the Teacher Hymns Hypothesis, which is commonly associated with the compositions in 1QHa 10-17. The chapter discusses and critiques the arguments in favor of the view that the Teacher Hymns were composed by a historical figure, the Teacher of Righteousness known from other Qumran texts. It concludes by proposing a rhetorical understanding of the Teacher Hymns. Keywords:Qumran texts; Teacher Hymns Hypothesis

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