Qumran, Early Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation

Qumran, Early Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation

Author: Jörg Frey

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2019-08-28

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 3161560159

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Back cover: How did the Qumran discoveries change New Testament scholarship? What are the main insights to be gained from the Qumran corpus with regard to the Jesus tradition, Paul's language and theology, the dualistic language and worldview of the Fourth Gospel, or the formation of the biblical Canon? The articles of this volume present the fruits of 25 years of scholarship on Qumran and the New Testament.


Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible and Qumran

Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible and Qumran

Author: Emanuel Tov

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9783161495465

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Subdivided into three segments (Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible, Qumran), this updated and revised collection of essays represents the work of Emanuel Tov in the past seventeen years. He focuses on various aspects of the textual analysis of the Hebrew and Greek Bible, as well as the Qumran biblical manuscripts in Hebrew and Greek. Further he takes a special interest in the orthography of biblical manuscripts, the nature of the early Masoretic Text, the nature of the Qumran biblical texts and their importance for our understanding of the history of the biblical text, the editions of the Hebrew Bible, and the use of computers in biblical studies. The author also focuses on the interaction between textual and literary criticism and the question of the original text or texts of the Hebrew Bible. His special interests in the Qumran scrolls include the nature of the Qumran corpus, their scribal background, the contents of the various caves, and the number of the compositions and copies found at Qumran. His interest in the Septuagint translation evolves around its text-critical value, the Greek texts from the Judean Desert, and translation technique.


A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism

A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism

Author: Matthias Henze

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2012-01-09

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 0802803881

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Presents eighteen commissioned articles on biblical exegesis in early Judaism, covering the period after the Hebrew Bible was written and before the beginning of rabbinic Judaism. -- from publisher description


The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: James VanderKam

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2005-07-10

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780567084682

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In this book, two of the world's leading experts on the scrolls reveal the complete and fascinating story in all its detail: the amazing discovery, the intense controversies, and the significant revelations. This comprehensive, up-to-date guide is the def


Dreams, Visions, Imaginations

Dreams, Visions, Imaginations

Author: Jens Schröter

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 3110714779

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The contributions in this volume are focused on the historical origins, religious provenance, and social function of ancient Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature, including so-called ‘Gnostic’ writings. Although it is disputed whether there was a genre of ‘apocalyptic literature,’ it is obvious that numerous texts from ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and other religious milieus share a specific view of history and the world to come. Many of these writings are presented in form of a heavenly (divine) revelation, mediated through an otherworldly figure (like an angel) to an elected human being who discloses this revelation to his recipients in written form. In different strands of early Judaism, ancient Christianity as well as in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and Islam, apocalyptic writings played an important role from early on and were produced also in later centuries. One of the most characteristic features of these texts is their specific interpretation of history, based on the knowledge about the upper, divine realm and the world to come. Against this background the volume deals with a wide range of apocalyptic texts from different periods and various religious backgrounds.


The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism

The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism

Author: Jonathan Vroom

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9004381643

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In The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Vroom identifies a development in the authority of written law that took place in early Judaism. Ever since Assyriologists began to recognize that the Mesopotamian law collections did not function as law codes do today—as a source of binding obligation—scholars have grappled with the question of when the Pentateuchal legal corpora came to be treated as legally binding. Vroom draws from legal theory to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the nature of legal authority, and develops a methodology for identifying instances in which legal texts were treated as binding law by ancient interpreters. This method is applied to a selection of legal-interpretive texts: Ezra-Nehemiah, Temple Scroll, the Qumran rule texts, and the Samaritan Pentateuch.


Echoes from the Caves: Qumran and the New Testament

Echoes from the Caves: Qumran and the New Testament

Author: Florentino García Martínez

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9047430409

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In spite of the amount of literature on the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, no consensus among the scholars has emerged as yet on how to explain both the similarities and the differences among the two corpora of religious writings. This volume contains a revised form of the contributions to an “experts meeting” held at the Catholic University of Leuven on December 2007 dedicated to explore the relationship among the two corpora and to understand both the commonalities and the differences between the two corpora from the perspective of the common ground from which both corpora have developed: the Hebrew Bible.