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1QpHab interpretation of Habakkuk 2:4b

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INTERPRETATIONINT_HAB_2_4_1QPHAB_PESHER

Evidence state: documented fact

The extant pesher formula at the top of column 8 introduces a sectarian interpretation applying the “righteous” to law-doers and connecting their deliverance with faithfulness in the Teacher of Righteousness. This is ancient Jewish interpretation/reception evidence, not a textual expansion of Habakkuk 2:4.

Documented evidence

Claim: The extant pesher uses an interpretation formula and applies the verse to the community’s law-doers and their faithfulness in the Teacher of Righteousness.

Evidence Type: ancient interpretation/reception

Confidence: documented fact

Sources: SRC_SAGE_LIM_1QPHAB_HAB_2_4

What this does not establish

The pesher interpretation is not part of Habakkuk’s biblical wording.
It does not prove that Paul depended literarily on 1QpHab.
Similarity in use of Habakkuk 2:4b does not automatically prove direct dependence.
Release Introduced
v51
Passage Id
PASSAGE_HAB_2_4
Evidence Classification
documented fact
Original Language
{
    "language": "Hebrew",
    "occurrence": "פשרו על",
    "text_state": "EXTANT_REPORTED_PHRASE",
    "translation": "its interpretation concerns"
}
Exact Relevant Context
1QpHab col. 8:1–3 follows the mutilated location of the reconstructed Habakkuk 2:4b lemma and begins the sectarian comment.
Interpretations
[
    {
        "label": "1QpHab sectarian pesher",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "note": "A surviving ancient interpretation; its theology is evidence for reception history, not the semantic meaning of the biblical text by default."
    }
]
Competing Views
[
    {
        "classification": "disputed interpretation",
        "note": "The precise reconstructed wording of the missing Habakkuk 2:4b lemma and the broader historical/theological implications remain scholarly questions."
    }
]
Research Status
ACTIVE_CURATED_INTERPRETATION