The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea
The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea

Author: Joan E. Taylor

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 019955448X

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The mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls remains, over 60 years after their rediscovery. Who hid them and why? This groundbreaking book reinvigorates the contested hypothesis that the Essenes were responsible. Rather than being a marginal esoteric sect, Taylor shows that this group acted as one of the leading legal schools of Judaism.

The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism
The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism

Author: Kengo Akiyama

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 9004366881

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In The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism, Kengo Akiyama traces the development of the mainstay of early Jewish and Christian ethics: "Love your neighbour." Akiyama examines several Second Temple Jewish texts in great detail and demonstrates a diverse range of uses and applications that opposes a simplistic and evolutionary trajectory often associated with the development of the "greatest commandment" tradition. The monograph presents surprisingly complex interpretative developments in Second Temple Judaism uncovering just how early interpreters grappled with the questions of what it means to love and who should be considered as their neighbour.