The Qumran community / Michael A. Knibb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knibb, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1938-2023

Series:

Cambridge commentaries on writings of the Jewish and Christian world, 200 BC to AD 200 ; v. 2.

Cambridge commentaries on writings of the Jewish and Chrstian world, 200 BC to AD 200 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

This book provides a new translation of substantial extracts from the Qumran writings, which comprise an important part of the Dead Sea scrolls. The writings reflect the beliefs and practices of a religious community which existed on the shores of the Dead Sea between the middle of the second century BC and AD 68. They shed considerable light on the Essenes, whose movement had an important focus at Qumran.

In addition to selecting the most significant legislative, poetic and liturgical writings, Professor Knibb provides a commentary dealing with major interpretative problems raised by the extracts.

Contents:

The Damascus Document 13

The Community Rule 77

The Rule of the Congregation 145

The Hymns 157

The Genesis Apocryphon 183

The Prayer of Nabonidus 203

The Commentary on Nahum 209

The Commentary on Habakkuk 221

The Commentary on Psalms 247

Florilegium 257

Testimonia 263.

Notes:

"Provides a new translation of substantial extracts from the Qumran writings together with an exegetical commentary"--

Includes index.

Contains:

Dead Sea scrolls. English. Selections. 1987.

ISBN:

0521242479

0521285526

OCLC:

14242988