Qumran studies : new approaches, new questions / edited by Michael Thomas Davis & Brent A. Strawn ; foreword by James A. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Michael T.

Strawn, Brent A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--4Q.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2007.

Summary:

In Qumran Studies the texts considered are old - but the questions are new, standard positions are revisited, and issues are reopened with fresh results. The Dead Sea Scrolls have undeniably revolutionized scholarly understanding on a number of fronts. This revolution has been ongoing for over fifty years and shows no signs of letting up - especially as full publication of the Scrolls is now complete. With that publication, the important work of interpretation and analysis can continue with a rethinking of earlier analyses in light of the full evidence. This volume makes a signal scholarly contribution toward that end.

Contents:

Foreword / James A. Sanders

Preface / Michael Thomas Davis and Brent A. Strawn

Introduction / Michael Thomas Davis and Brent A. Strawn

4QLXXLev and proto-septuagint studies : reassessing Qumran evidence for the urtext theory / John B. Faulkenberry Miller

Identifying compositions and traditions of the Qumran community : the songs of the sabbath sacrifice as a test case / Henry W. Morisada Rietz

(More) sectarian terminology in the songs of the sabbath sacrifice / Brent A. Strawn with Henry W. Morisada Rietz

Excerpted "non-biblical" scrolls at Qumran? : background, analogies, function / Brent A. Strawn

Temporal shifts from text to interpretation : concerning the use of the perfect and imperfect in the Habakkuk Pesher (1QpHab) / Loren T. Stuckenbruck

The temporal relationship between the covenant renewal rite and the initiation process in 1QS / Michael A. Daise

An elite group within the Yaḥad : revisiting 1QS 8-9 / Shane A. Berg

The prince of the congregation : Qumran "messianism" in the context of Milḥāmâ / C.D. Elledge

4Q521 : the works of the Messiah or the signs of the messianic time? / Lidija Novakovic

The concept of unity at Qumran / Carsten Claussen and Michael Thomas Davis

Identity and resistance : the varieties of competing models in early Judaism / Loren L. Johns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780802860804

080286080X

OCLC:

86117364