The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: Ruth A. Clements

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-10-16

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9004384235

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The Dead Sea Scrolls offer a window onto the rich theological landscape of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Through careful textual analysis, the authors of these twelve studies explore such topics as dualism and determinism, esoteric knowledge, eschatology and covenant, the nature of heaven and / or the divine, moral agency, and more; as well as connections between concepts expressed in the Qumran corpus and in later Jewish and Christian literature. The religious worldviews reflected in the Scrolls constitute part of the ideological environment of Second Temple Judaism; the analysis of these texts is essential for the reconstruction of that milieu. Taken together, these studies indicate the breadth and depth of theological reflection in the Second Temple period.

The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

Author: Ruth Anne Clements

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 9004164375

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This book presents the authoritative print bibliography of current scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, and related fields (including New Testament studies); source, subject, and language indices facilitate its use by scholars and students within and outside the field.

Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation from Second Temple Literature through Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation from Second Temple Literature through Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity

Author: Menahem Kister

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9004299130

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Many types of tradition and interpretation found in later Jewish and Christian writings trace their origins to the Second Temple period, but their transmission and transformation followed different paths within the two religious communities. For example, while Christians often translated and transmitted discrete Second Temple texts, rabbinic Judaism generally preserved earlier traditions integrated into new literary frameworks. In both cases, ancient traditions were often transformed to serve new purposes but continued to bear witness to their ancient roots. Later compositions may even provide the key to clarifying obscurities in earlier texts. The contributions in this volume explore the dynamics by which earlier texts and traditions were transmitted and transformed in these later bodies of literature and their attendant cultural contexts.

Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity
Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity

Author: Ruth Clements

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9047440161

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The 13 papers comprising this volume represent the fruits of the first Orion Center Symposium devoted to the comparison of the Dead Sea and early Christian texts. The authors reject the older paradigm which configured the similarities between Qumran and early Christian literature as evidence of “influence” from one upon the other. They raise fresh methodological possibilities by asking how insights from each of these two corpora illuminate the other, and by considering them as parallel evidence for broader currents of Second Temple Judaism. Topics addressed include specific exegetical and legal comparisons; prophecy, demonology, and messianism; the development of canon and the rise of commentary; and possible connections between the Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research
The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research

Author: Devorah Dimant

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-01-20

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 9004208062

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This book contains an exhaustive survey of past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development in various circumstances and national contexts. For the first time, perspectives and information not recorded in any other publication are highlighted.

A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature
A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature

Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2008-09-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0802862411

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The Dead Sea Scrolls are found in many varied publications -- often ordered only by publication date, rather than a more easily navigable system -- making specific texts difficult to find. Joseph Fitzmyer's guide offers a practical remedy to this dilemma. A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature starts by explaining the conventional system of abbreviations for the Scrolls. Then it helpfully lists specifically where readers can find each of the Scrolls and fragmentary texts from the eleven caves of Qumran and all the related sites, using the officially assigned numbers of the text. Fitzmyer supplies information on study tools helpful for scholars -- concordances, dictionaries, translations, outlines of longer texts, and more -- and briefly indicates electronic resources for the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-2000)
The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-2000)

Author: Avital Pinnick

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-24

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9004350381

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The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-2000) is the fourth official Scrolls bibliography, following bibliographies covering the periods 1948-1957 (W. S. LaSor), 1958-1969 (B. Jongeling), and 1970-1995 (F. García Martínez and D. W. Parry). The current interest in the Scrolls, with at least two journals dedicated to these texts, has led to a proliferation of secondary literature, theses, and electronic publications. The Orion Center Bibliography contains over 3000 entries, including approximately 600 reviews, gathered from the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem, from on-line databases, and from the authors themselves. This work is based on the bibliography compiled by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem, and includes reviews, journal articles, and electronic publications, a text index and a subject index.

T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls
T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: George J. Brooke

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 0567590224

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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.

Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: Ian C. Werrett

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9004156232

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As the first comprehensive study on the concept of ritual purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls since the full publication of the legal material from Qumran, this book offers a detailed examination of the purity material from Qumran through a diachronic lens.