Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran: Proceedings of a Joint Symposium by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature and the Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Studies Research Group on
Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran: Proceedings of a Joint Symposium by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature and the Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Studies Research Group on...
The articles in this volume examine the use and interpretation of the Bible in apocryphal and related texts found at Qumran. The authority of these texts, legal and narrative exegesis, exegetical techniques, motifs and genres are key issues.
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The articles in this volume examine the use and interpretation of the Bible in apocryphal and related texts found at Qumran. The authority of these texts, legal and narrative exegesis, exegetical techniques, motifs and genres are key issues.
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FINE in FINE jacket. 245pp. Sewn binding in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Entirely clean and sharp in like DJ. 'papers presented at a symposium on 'Reworking the Bible at Qumran' convened in 2002 by the Institute of Advanced Studies and the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The core theme is the use and interpretation of the Bible in apocryphal and related works found at Qumran. Nearly half the papers treat legal interpretation; the other half, examines narrative exegesis. Key issues include the question of the authority of the reworked biblical texts, their exegetical techniques, motifs, and genres. This collection provides a valuable resource for the study of Bible, the history of interpretation, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, ancient Judaism and early Christianity. ' [Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran].
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