The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities: Method, Theory, Meaning: Proceedings of the Eighth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Munich, 4 7 August, 2013)

Hartog, Pieter B. (Editor)/ Schofield, Alison (Editor)/ Thomas, Samuel I. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 900437616X / ISBN 13: 9789004376168

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities: Method, Theory, Meaning: Proceedings of the Eighth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Munich, 4 7 August, 2013)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900437616X
• ISBN 13: 9789004376168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.53 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities explores the use of methods, theories, and approaches from the humanities in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The volume contains ten essays on topics ranging from New Philology and socio-linguistics to post-colonial thinking and theories of myth.

About the Author

Pieter B. Hartog, Ph.D. (2015), is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen. He is the author of Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman World (Leiden, 2017).

Alison Schofield, Ph.D. (2006), University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor of Religious and Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. Along with other articles and co-edited volumes, she is the author of From Qumran to the Yahad: A New Paradigm of Textual Development for The Community Rule and serves as co-editor of The Dead Sea Scrolls Editions series.

Samuel I. Thomas, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University. He is the author of The ‘Mysteries’ of Qumran: Mystery, Secrecy, and Esotericism in the Dead Sea Scrolls (SBL/Brill, 2009), and a lead editor of A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam (Brill, 2012).