Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802847439 ISBN 13: 9780802847430

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 2000

Synopsis

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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About the Author

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He has served as editor of the Anchor Yale Bible series and president of the Society of Biblical Literature. In 2019, he was awarded the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies. His many publications include Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy; Beyond the Qumran Community; The Bible After Babel; and Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism. 

From the Back Cover

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802847439
• ISBN 13: 9780802847430
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 177
• Editor: Collins John J., Kugler Robert A.