The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls 1st Edition by Timothy H Lim, John J Collins ISBN 0199207232 9780199207237

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ISBN 10: 0199207232 

ISBN 13: 9780199207237

Author: Timothy H. Lim, John J. Collins

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls between 1947 and 1956 was one of the truly great archaeological finds of the past century because the artifacts shed new light on our understanding of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Learn more about the issues still unresolved via lively, ongoing debates from leading authorities. 808 pages, softcover.

Table of contents:

Part I: Archaeology of Khirbet Qumran and the Judaean Wilderness
Chapter 1: Khirbet Qumran and Its Environs
Chapter 2: The Qumran Cemetery Reassessed

Part II: The Scrolls and Jewish History
Chapter 3: Constructing Ancient Judaism from the Scrolls
Chapter 4: The Origins and History of the Teacher’s Movement
Chapter 5: Women in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Part III: The Scrolls and Sectarianism
Chapter 6: Sectarian Communities in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 7: The Classical Sources on the Essenes and the Scrolls Communities
Chapter 8: Sociological Approaches to Qumran Sectarianism
Chapter 9: Qumran Calendars and Sectarianism
Chapter 10: The Book of Enoch and the Qumran Scrolls

Part IV: The Biblical Texts, Interpretation, and Languages of the Scrolls
Chapter 11: Assessing the Text‐Critical Theories of the Hebrew Bible after Qumran
Chapter 12: Authoritative Scriptures and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 13: Rewritten Scripture
Chapter 14: The Continuity of Biblical Interpretation in the Qumran Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature
Chapter 15: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in the Qumran Scrolls

Part V: Religious Themes in the Scrolls
Chapter 16: Purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 17: Apocalypticism and Messianism
Chapter 18: Exploring the Mystical Background of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 19: Wisdom Literature and Thought in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 20: Iranian Connections in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 21: Was the Dead Sea Sect a Penitential Movement?

Part VI: The Scrolls and Early Christianity
Chapter 22: Critical Issues in the Investigation of the Scrolls and the New Testament
Chapter 23: Monotheism, Principal Angels, and the Background of Christology
Chapter 24: Shared Exegetical Traditions between the Scrolls and the New Testament

Part VII: The Scrolls and Later Judaism
Chapter 25: Halakhah between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature
Chapter 26: The Contribution of the Qumran Scrolls to the Study of Ancient Jewish Liturgy
Chapter 27: Reviewing the Links between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah

Part VIII: New Approaches to the Scrolls
Chapter 28: Rhetorical Criticism and the Reading of the Qumran Scrolls
Chapter 29: Roland Barthes and the Teacher of Righteousness: The Death of the Author of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 30: The Scrolls and the Legal Definition of Authorship

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