The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Writings, Beliefs and Practices - Softcover

Trebolle Barrera, Julio; Garc�a Mart�nez, Florentino

9789004100855: The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Writings, Beliefs and Practices

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004100857 ISBN 13: 9789004100855

Publisher: Brill, 1995

This book, written jointly by two distinguished Qumran scholars, attempts to provide answers to some important questions that have been discussed recently in media reports on the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as: have certain manuscripts been suppressed?; do the manuscripts question substantial aspects of the Jewish and Christian traditions?; do the roots of Early Christianity derive from the Essene movement?; and more.
This volume offers solid and up-to-date information on the literary heritage, the social organization and the religious beliefs of the Qumran community and its links with Early Christianity. It gives the reader an opportunity to look behind the scenes of the research of the Dead Sea texts and the ongoing scholarly debate on the origins of the Essene movement and the Qumran sect.

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This authoritative volume provides reliable, up-to-date information on the literary heritage and social organization of the Qumran community, its religious beliefs, and its links with early Christianity. The reader is given an opportunity to look behind the scenes, to gain an insight into the state of current research on the Dead Sea texts and to experience first-hand the ongoing scholarly debate on the origins of the Essene movement and the Qumran sect.

About the Author:

Florentino Garc�a Mart�nez, a pre-eminent specialist of Qumran Studies, is Professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where he heads the Qumran Institute, and Professor at the Catholic University in Leuven. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and editorial secretary of the Revue de Qumran and the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Garc�a Mart�nez has written numerous books and articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Qumran and Apocalyptic and Studies on the Aramaic Texts of Qumran (Brill, 1992).
Julio Trebolle Barrera is Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic and Director of the Institute of Religious Studies at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and has written and edited several books on the textual and literary criticism of the Bible and on contemprorary biblical hermeneutics, such as La Biblia judaia y la Biblia cristiana (Madrid, 1993), and The Madrid Qumran Congress (Leiden/Madrid, 1992).

Florentino Garc�a Mart�nez, a pre-eminent specialist of Qumran Studies, is Professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where he heads the Qumran Institute, and Professor at the Catholic University in Leuven. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and editorial secretary of theRevue de Qumran and the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Garc�a Mart�nez has written numerous books and articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, includingQumran and Apocalyptic and Studies on the Aramaic Texts of Qumran (Brill, 1992).Julio Trebolle Barrera is Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic and Director of the Institute of Religious Studies at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and has written and edited several books on the textual and literary criticism of the Bible and on contemprorary biblical hermeneutics, such asLa Biblia judaia y la Biblia cristiana (Madrid, 1993), and The Madrid Qumran Congress (Leiden/Madrid, 1992).

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