Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802847439 ISBN 13: 9780802847430

Verlag: Eerdmans, 2000

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Revealing insights on the religious views of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls have profoundly changed the way we think about the Bible. But what is the religion found in the Scrolls themselves? This book provides a much-needed assessment of several major aspects of the religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of recent publications. Eight leading experts explore the concept of divinity in the Scrolls, the Scrolls' relation to important halakic issues, the question of Hellenistic influence in the Scrolls, and the apocalypticism and messianism specific to the Scrolls. Contributors:" John J. Collins Craig A. Evans Hannah K. Harrington Martin Hengel Robert A. Kugler Timothy H. Lim Eileen Schuller James C. VanderKam"

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John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and a recognized expert in early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. His many other works include The Apocalyptic Imagination, Beyond the Qumran Community, The Scepter and the Star, and (with Daniel C. Harlow) The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.

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Revealing insights on the religious views of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Dead Sea Scrolls have profoundly changed the way we think about the Bible. But what is the religion found in the Scrolls themselves? This book provides a much-needed assessment of several major aspects of the religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of recent publications. Eight leading experts explore the concept of divinity in the Scrolls, the Scrolls' relation to important halakic issues, the question of Hellenistic influence in the Scrolls, and the apocalypticism and messianism specific to the Scrolls.

Contributors:
John J. Collins
Craig A. Evans
Hannah K. Harrington
Martin Hengel
Robert A. Kugler
Timothy H. Lim
Eileen Schuller
James C. VanderKam

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Eerdmans
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802847439
• ISBN 13: 9780802847430
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
• Herausgeber: Collins John J., Kugler Robert A.
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