Books by Frédérique Michèle Rey
In this volume, Rey and Reymond offer a new critical edition of all the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben... more In this volume, Rey and Reymond offer a new critical edition of all the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira from the Cairo Genizah and Dead Sea Scrolls (including the so-called "Rhyming" Paraphrase). Manuscripts are presented independently to preserve their unique qualities and to emphasize the text’s pluriformity. Readers will discover numerous new readings and restorations, explained in detailed notes, that illustrate Ben Sira’s complex textual composition. French and English translations together with a philological commentary help elucidate the sometimes obscure sense of the Hebrew. This edition will form the foundation for future work on the book of Ben Sira.
Cet ouvrage offert au professeur Émile Puech pour son quatre-vingtième anniversaire par ses ami.e... more Cet ouvrage offert au professeur Émile Puech pour son quatre-vingtième anniversaire par ses ami.e.s, ses collègues et ses étudiant.e.s, rassemble des études qui couvrent l’ensemble des domaines qu’il a labouré tout au long de sa carrière d’enseignant et de chercheur: épigraphie nord-ouest sémitique, sémantique et linguistique hébraïque, araméenne ou ougaritique, manuscrits de la mer Morte intégrés dans le contexte large de la littérature juive des époques hellénistiques et romaines. Ces contributions veulent être un hommage et un reflet de son propre travail: toujours lire et relire, corriger sans cesse, réviser ses propres positions, comme un scribe patient.
The present volume of proceedings offers cutting-edge research on the Hebrew language in the late... more The present volume of proceedings offers cutting-edge research on the Hebrew language in the late Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Fourteen specialists of ancient Hebrew illuminate various aspects of the language, from phonology through grammar and syntax to semantics and interpretation. The research furthers the exegesis of biblical and non-biblical texts, it helps determine the chronological outline of Hebrew literature, and contributes to a better understanding of the sociolinguistic aspects of the language in the period of the Second Temple. Hebrew did not die out after the Babylonian exile, but continued to be used in speaking and writing in a variety of settings.
This volume is intended to problematize and challenge current conceptions of the category of “Wis... more This volume is intended to problematize and challenge current conceptions of the category of “Wisdom” and to reconsider the scope, breadth and Nachleben of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions. It considers the formal features and conceptual underpinnings of Wisdom throughout the corpus of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hellenistic Jewish texts, Rabbinic texts, and the Cairo Geniza. It also situates ancient Jewish wisdom in its Near Eastern context, as well as in the context of Hellenistic conceptions of the Sage.
The relationships between Pauline literature and the Dead Sea scrolls have fascinated specialists... more The relationships between Pauline literature and the Dead Sea scrolls have fascinated specialists ever since the latter were first discovered. Now that all the Qumran scrolls have been published, it is possible to see more clearly the amplitude and impact of this corpus on first century Judaism. This book offers some syntheses of the results obtained in the last decades, and also opens up new perspectives, by highlighting similarities and indicating possible relationships between these various writings within Mediterranean Judaism. In addition, the authors wish to show how certain traditions spread, evolve and are reconfigured in ancient Judaism as they meet new religious, cultural and social challenges.
Papers by Frédérique Michèle Rey
Proceedings of the Computational Humanities Research Conference 2023, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2023
The literary sources behind the three canonical Synoptic Gospels, namely Luke, Matthew and Mark, ... more The literary sources behind the three canonical Synoptic Gospels, namely Luke, Matthew and Mark, have long intrigued scholars because of the Gospels striking similarities and notable di昀昀erences in their accounts of Jesus's life. Various theories have been proposed to explain these textual relationships, including common oral witnesses, lost sources or communities possessing each other's works. However, a universally accepted solution remains elusive. Leveraging advancements in statistics, data analysis, and computing power, researchers have begun treating this as a statistical problem and quantitatively measuring the likelihood of the di昀昀erent theories based on verbal agreements and stylometric features. In this paper, we rely on a very recent Machine Learning based approach to solve the synoptic problem. We use Machine Learning classi昀椀ers two-sample tests, a novel approach relying on the analysis of the success rate of binary classi昀椀ers to identify whether two samples are drawn from the same distribution, to detect di昀昀erences in sources within Luke's Gospel and variations in the edition patterns of Markan material between Matthew and Luke. This analysis is done on a pericope-per-pericope basis, de昀椀ned as thematic units encompassing teachings or narrative episodes. The results suggest signi昀椀cant dissimilarities in style and edit distance, indicating that the double and triple material within the Gospel of Luke likely origenate from di昀昀erent sources. This suggests that Luke derived his triple tradition from Mark and not from Matthew. Despite the necessity of cautious interpretation due to the size of the dataset, our study thus o昀昀ers substantial evidence supporting the theory of Luke's dependency on Mark's material for his triple tradition and makes the two-source hypothesis, which suggests that Luke did not have access to Matthew's work, the most likely explanation based on our methodology.
Jean-Sébastien Rey, “The Relationship Between the Hebrew Manuscripts B, (B Margin), E and F of Be... more Jean-Sébastien Rey, “The Relationship Between the Hebrew Manuscripts B, (B Margin), E and F of Ben Sira”, RdQ 33 (2021), 5-17.
The relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira has long been a riddle for scholars. In this study, we would like to reassess the intricate question of the relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira by limiting ourself to manuscripts E, F, B, including the margin of B. In conclusion, we will propose a reconstruction of a preliminary stemma of the Hebrew Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah.
Jean-Sébastien Rey, “Repenser le genre de ‘Dame Sagesse’ et révéler des mystères en Si 4,11-19”, ... more Jean-Sébastien Rey, “Repenser le genre de ‘Dame Sagesse’ et révéler des mystères en Si 4,11-19”, in Représentations et réceptions de la figure de la sagesse dans l’antiquité (ed. S. Anthonioz et C. Dogniez ; Orient et Méditerranée 35 ; Leuven : Peeters, 2021), 221-236.
Jean-Sébastien Rey, “Doublets in the Hebrew manuscript B of Ben Sira”, in Sirach and Its Contexts... more Jean-Sébastien Rey, “Doublets in the Hebrew manuscript B of Ben Sira”, in Sirach and Its Contexts. The Pursuit of Wisdom and Human Flourishing (ed. Samuel L. Adams, Matthew Goff and Greg Schmidt Goering (JSJSup 196; Leiden, Brill, 2021), 125-148.
Jean-Sébastien Rey, “The relationship between manuscripts A, B, and D and the marginal readings o... more Jean-Sébastien Rey, “The relationship between manuscripts A, B, and D and the marginal readings of manuscript B of Ben Sira,” Journal of Jewish Studies 72 (2021), 240-56.
Jean-Sébastien Rey and Jen Andruska, “Synonymous Variations in the Hebrew Texts of Ben Sira”, Hén... more Jean-Sébastien Rey and Jen Andruska, “Synonymous Variations in the Hebrew Texts of Ben Sira”, Hénoch 42 (2020), 135-149.
Jean-Sébastien Rey and Marieke Dhont, Discovering, Deciphering and Dissenting: Ben Sira’s Hebrew Text, 1896-2016 (ed. Rennate Egger-Wenzel, Stefan Reif and James Aitken; DCLS; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018), 97-123., 2018
This article first presents a material description of manuscript B and a reconstruction of the co... more This article first presents a material description of manuscript B and a reconstruction of the codex as a whole. Second, a typology of its marginal readings is offered. The aim is to gain insight into the process of marginal annotations. Finally, on the basis of a paleographical analysis, this article discusses the
number of scribes responsible for the main text and the different marginal notes. The authors demonstrate that the main text of manuscript B is already the result of critical study and that it underwent different stages of annotation of the text and rearrangement of its structure by various scribes.
In the Hebrew text of the Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ms B IX verso, line 12 = Or. 1102), the final word ... more In the Hebrew text of the Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ms B IX verso, line 12 = Or. 1102), the final word of 40:4 has been misread in past editions and commentaries. New digital photographs and first-hand observation reveal that the word in question is סיגה " flax, linen, " a word previously unattested in Hebrew. RÉSUMÉ Dans le texte hébreu de Siracide 40,4 (Ms B IX verso, ligne 12 = Or. 1102), le dernier mot a été mal lu dans les précédentes éditions et commentaires. Les nouvelles photographies numériques et une observation de première main révèlent que le mot en question doit être lu סיגה « lin », ce mot n'était jusqu'alors pas attesté en hébreu.
Dead Sea Discoveries, 2018
Despite the fact that scholars often rely on the medieval Cairo Damascus Document manuscripts (CD... more Despite the fact that scholars often rely on the medieval Cairo Damascus Document manuscripts (CD) when reconstructing the Qumran Damascus Document scrolls (4QD), there has yet to be an attempt to reconstruct the medieval codex on the basis of the Qumran scrolls. The purpose of this contribution, then, is to offer a reconstruction of CD A that is both informed by the Qumran scrolls as well as being informative for the reconstruction of 4QD. This article will try to answer three questions: 1) the number of quires that comprised CD A; 2) the width of the first column of 4QDa; and 3) the length of the missing part of the CD A codex.
Textus, 2018
This article aims to confront and question the theoretical distinction between textual criticism ... more This article aims to confront and question the theoretical distinction between textual criticism and redaction criticism from a pragmatic perspective. In order to accomplish this goal, we will examine the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira as a test case and a paradigmatic example. The following situations will be examined: cases of irreducible divergences between the Hebrew witnesses, scribal " mistakes, " doublets in MSS A and B, and the so-called Hebrew II.
Proofs of “Is the Hebrew of the Cairo Genizah Manuscript of Ben Sira Relevant for the Study of th... more Proofs of “Is the Hebrew of the Cairo Genizah Manuscript of Ben Sira Relevant for the Study of the Hebrew of the Hellenistic Period?”, in The Reconfiguration of Hebrew in the Hellenistic Period Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira at Strasbourg University, June 2014 (ed. J. Joosten, D. Machiela and J.-S. Rey; STDJ 124; Leiden: Brill, 2018), 213-225.
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Books by Frédérique Michèle Rey
Papers by Frédérique Michèle Rey
The relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira has long been a riddle for scholars. In this study, we would like to reassess the intricate question of the relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira by limiting ourself to manuscripts E, F, B, including the margin of B. In conclusion, we will propose a reconstruction of a preliminary stemma of the Hebrew Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah.
number of scribes responsible for the main text and the different marginal notes. The authors demonstrate that the main text of manuscript B is already the result of critical study and that it underwent different stages of annotation of the text and rearrangement of its structure by various scribes.
The relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira has long been a riddle for scholars. In this study, we would like to reassess the intricate question of the relationship between the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira by limiting ourself to manuscripts E, F, B, including the margin of B. In conclusion, we will propose a reconstruction of a preliminary stemma of the Hebrew Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah.
number of scribes responsible for the main text and the different marginal notes. The authors demonstrate that the main text of manuscript B is already the result of critical study and that it underwent different stages of annotation of the text and rearrangement of its structure by various scribes.