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1 online resource (viii, 236 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Society of biblical literature symposium series ; no. 30
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Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 30.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and indexes. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- Is it true? Hermeneutical reading of the present / Christine Helmer -- PART 1: DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- Pesharim: a mirror of self-understanding / Jutta Jokiranta -- Contemporizing Halakic exegesis in the Dead Sea scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Jeremiah and the "Diaspora Letters" in ancient Judaism: Epistolary communication with the Golah as medium for dealing with the present / Lutz Doering -- Justifying deviance: the place of Scripture in converting to a Qumran self-understanding / George J. Brooke -- PART 2: ANCIENT JUDAISM -- "Reading the present" in the animal apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90) / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Why has Daniel's prophecy not been fulfilled? The question of political peace and independence in the additions to Daniel? / Ulrike Mittmann-Richert -- PART 3: THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE HEBREW AND GREEK BIBLE -- Reading Deuteronomy in the Second Temple period / Sidnie White Crawford -- Building the altar and reading the law: the journeys of Joshua 8:30-35 / Kristin De Troyer -- PART 4: AUTHORITATIVE LITERATURE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND JUDAH -- Interpreting the exile: the experience of the destruction of the temple and devastation of the land as reflected within the nonpentateuchal biblical Abraham tradition / Beate Ego -- Reding the decline of prophecy / Armin Lange -- Conclusions -- Linking the past, the present, and the future in Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea scrolls / Kristin De Troyer. |
| Summary |
How did ancient scribes interpret their own reality by means of scriptural exegesis? The essays in this volume explore this question from various perspectives by examining the earliest known exegetical texts of Jewish origin, namely, the exegetical texts from the Qumran library. Scholars have debated the precise nature of the exegetical techniques used in the Qumran texts. To bring clarity to the discussion, this book analyzes the phenomenon of reading the present in the Qumran library and asks how far comparable phenomena can be observed in authoritative literature in ancient Israel and Judah, in the textual tradition of the Hebrew and Greek Bible, in ancient Judaism, and in early Christian literature. --From publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Dead Sea scrolls.
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Dead Sea scrolls. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Influence.
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Contemporary, The.
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Contemporary, The. |
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Electronic books.
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Congressen (vorm)
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De Troyer, Kristin.
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Lange, Armin, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reading the present in the Qumran library. Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2005 1589831500 (DLC) 2005016896 (OCoLC)60697076 |
| ISBN |
1429410981 (electronic book) |
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9781429410984 (electronic book) |
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1589833058 |
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9781589833050 |
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9781589831506 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1589831500 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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