T&T Clark companion to the Dead Sea scrolls

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T&T Clark companion to the Dead Sea scrolls

edited by George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel ; with the assistance of Michael DeVries and Drew Longacre

T&T Clark, 2019

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Companion to the Dead Sea scrolls

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century. They have great historical, religious, and linguistic significance, not least in relation to the transmission of many of the books which came to be included in the Hebrew Bible. This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls. Beginning with a section on the complex methods used in discovering, archiving and analysing the Scrolls, the focus moves to consideration of the Scrolls in their various contexts: political, religious, cultural, economic and historical. The genres ascribed to groups of texts within the Scrolls- including exegesis and interpretation, poetry and hymns, and liturgical texts - are then examined, with due attention given to both past and present scholarship. The main body of the Companion concludes with crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars. Complemented by extensive appendices and indexes, this Companion provides the ideal resource for those seriously engaging with the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations List of Images and Figures List of Contributors Introduction - George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel I. Background Discoveries - Hans Debel Archaeology of Qumran - Dennis Mizzi Manuscript Collections: An Overview - Mladen Popovic Publication Process - Weston Fields and son Scholarly and Popular Reception - Matthew Collins II. Context Ethnicity: A Fresh Religious Context of the Scrolls - Robert Kugler The Yahad in the Context of Hellenistic Group Formation - Benedikt Eckhardt Regional Context of the Dead Sea - Joan E. Taylor Qumran and the Ancient Near East - Henryk Drawnel Scrolls and Early Judaism - George J. Brooke Scrolls and Early Christianity - Albert Hogeterp Scrolls and Hellenistic Jewish Literature a. Philo - Joan E. Taylor b. Josephus - James McLaren c. Other Literature - Matthias Henze Scrolls and non-Jewish Hellenistic Literature - Jutta Leonhardt Balzer III. Methods Physicality of Manuscripts and Material Culture - Ingo Kottsieper Scientific Technologies - Ingo Kottsieper Reading and Reconstructing Manuscripts - Annette Steudel Languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek - Holger Gzella Biblical Scholarship and Qumran Studies - Reinhard G. Kratz Scrolls and the Study of the Ancient World - Benjamin Wright Historiography - Philip R. Davies Social Scientific Approaches a. Sectarianism - David Chalcraft b. Sociolinguistics - Trine Hasselbach c. Identity Theory - Lloyd Pietersen Postmodern and Poststructuralist Questions - Maxine Grossman IV. Key Texts Aramaic Job - David Shepherd Aramaic Levi - Vered Hillel Authoritative Scriptures: Torah and Related Texts - Katell Berthelot Authoritative Scriptures: Prophets and Related Texts - Roman Vielhauer Authoritative Scriptures: Writings and Related Texts - Ulrich Dahmen Authoritative Scriptures: Other - Kelley Coblentz Bautch and Jack Weinbender Barkhi Nafshi - Daniel Falk Bar Kokhba Letters - Lutz Doering Beatitudes - Dorothy Peters Berakhot - Daniel Falk Commentaries on Genesis - George J. Brooke Copper Scroll - Jesper Hogenhaven Damascus Document (D) - Liora Goldman Genesis Apocryphon - Daniel Machiela Hodayot (H) - Angela Kim Harkins Instruction - Benjamin Wold Messianic Apocalypse - Eric Mason Mil?amah (M) - Brian Schultz Miq?at Ma?ase ha-Torah (MMT) - Hanne von Weissenberg Mysteries - Samuel Thomas New Jerusalem - Michael Langlois Pesharim - Shani Tzoref Rule of Blessings (Sb) - Judith Newman Rule of Congregation (Sa) - Corrado Martone Serekh ha-Yahad (S) - Stephen Hultgren Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice - Judith Newman Son of God Text - Eric Mason Tan?umim - Jesper Hogenhaven Temple Scroll - Joseph Angel Testimonia - Eva Mroczek Wiles of Wicked Woman - Michael Lesley Words of the Luminaries - Judith Newman V. Types of Literature Bible - Mika Pajunen Parabiblical Texts /Rewritten Scripture - Molly Zahn Exegesis and Interpretation - Michael Segal Halakhah - Vered Noam Rules - Charlotte Hempel Poetry and Hymns - Daniel Stoekl Ben Ezra Liturgical Texts - Daniel Falk Calendars - Helen Jacobus Wisdom - Matthew Goff Mystical Texts, Magic, and Divination - Gideon Bohak VI. Issues and Topics Patriarchs and Aramaic Traditions - Ariel Feldman Revelation - Hindy Najman and Nick Hilton God(s), Angels and Demons - Hanne von Weissenberg Eschatologies and Messianisms - Kenneth E. Pomykala Jerusalem and the Temple - Mila Ginsburskaya Purity and Holiness - Cecilia Wassen The Scribes of the Scrolls - Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar Forms of Community - Alison Schofield Daily Life - Cecilia Wassen Ethics and Dualism - Marcus Tso War and Violence -Alex Jassen APPENDICES A-G - Drew Longacre, Michael DeVries Index - Michael DeVries

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  • NCID
    BB26838571
  • ISBN
    • 9780567352057
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 657 p., [1] leaf of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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