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Reading the present in the Qumran library : the perception of the contemporary by means of scriptural interpretations / edited by Kristin De Troyer and Armin Lange ; with the assistance of Katie M. Goetz and Susan Bond.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 30.
- Society of biblical literature symposium series ; no. 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Contemporary, The.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--Influence.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 236 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Is It True? Hermeneutical Reading of the Present
- Part 1: Dead Sea Scrolls
- Pesharim: A Mirror of Self-Understanding
- Contemporizing Halakic Exegesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Jeremiah and the "Diaspora Letters" in Ancient Judaism
- Justifying Deviance: The Place of Scripture in Converting to a Qumran Self-Understanding
- Part 2: Ancient Judaism
- Reading the Present" in the Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90)
- Why Has Daniel's Prophecy Not Been Fulfilled? The Question of Political Peace and Independence in the Additions to Daniel
- Part 3: The Textual Tradition of hte Hebrew and Greek Bible
- Reading Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period
- Building the Altar and Reading the Law: The Journeys of Joshua 8:30-35
- Part 4: Authoritative Literature in Ancient Israel and Judah
- Interpreting the Exile: The Experience of the Destruction of the Temple and Devastation of the Land as Reflected within the Nonpentateuchal Biblical Abraham Tradition
- Reading the Decline of Prophecy
- Conclusions
- Reading theh Past, the Present, and the Future in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index of Biblical and Related Literature
- Index of Authors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-305-8
- 1-4294-1098-1
- OCLC:
- 74652132
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