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Author Bergsma, John Sietze.

Title The jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran : a history of interpretation / by John Sietze Bergsma.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 348 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; v. 115
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 115. 0083-5889
Note Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-325) and indexes.
Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE THE JUBILEE AND ITS HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER TWO ANTECEDENTS OF THE JUBILEE LEGISLATION; CHAPTER THREE THE LIFE-SETTING (SITZ-IM-LEBEN) OF THE JUBILEE; CHAPTER FOUR THE JUBILEE AS TEXT: SETTING, STRUCTURE, EXEGESIS OF LEVITICUS 25; CHAPTER FIVE THE JUBILEE IN OTHER PENTATEUCHAL TEXTS; CHAPTER SIX PERTINENT TEXTS IN KINGS AND JEREMIAH; CHAPTER SEVEN THE JUBILEE IN THE LATTER PROPHETS; CHAPTER EIGHT THE JUBILEE IN THE WRITINGS; CHAPTER NINE THE JUBILEE IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE; CHAPTER TEN THE JUBILEE AT QUMRAN.
Summary Beginning with the historical origins of the jubilee in ancient Israel, this book traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee through the "Old Testament", "Second Temple" literature", and "Qumran" documents, demonstrating a tendency toward eschatological re-readings with the passage of time.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Jubilee (Judaism)
Jubilee (Judaism)
Sabbatical year (Judaism)
Sabbatical year (Judaism)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Bergsma, John Sietze. Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2006051765
ISBN 9047410564 (electronic book)
9789047410560 (electronic book)
9789004152991
9004152997 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789047410560
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004152991.i-353