Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This idea was first formulated with regard to Instruction by Menahem Kister. In the present article, I apply this notion to the prologue (preserved in 4Q416 1) and to the sections on family relations (parents, wife) in 4Q416. These latter cases explore the financial relations within a family and align them with the overall principle of Instruction. The various sections highlight the person’s spirit as a commodity, intertwined with the life and capital of that person. The literary focus is on the phenomenology of the spirt, as it shifts during various transactions. The biblical allusions in these sections are explained along the same line of argument.

可以将许多智能论文说明（= 4QInstruction）解读为支持一种基本意识形态原则的系统尝试：每个人都有一个神圣分配的份额，每次需要将份额与其他主体混合的交互都违反了形而上学的顺序。 。这个想法最初是由Menahem Kister在教学方面提出的。在本文中，我将此概念应用于序言（在4Q416 1中保留）和在4Q416中的家庭关系部分（父母，妻子）。后面的案例探讨了家庭内部的财务关系，并使之与教学的总体原则保持一致。各个部分都强调了该人的商品精神，与该人的生活和资本交织在一起。文学的焦点是思想的现象学，因为它在各种交易中都会发生变化。这些部分中的圣经典故是按照相同的论点来解释的。