Northern lights on the Dead Sea scrolls : proceedings of the Nordic Qumran Network 2003-2006 / edited by Anders Klostergaard Petersen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petersen, Anders Klostergaard.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 80.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Congresses.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Qumran community--Congresses.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Structured by four important themes, the book discusses various aspects pertaining to the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first theme is comprised by a number of essays that deal with different aspects of textual interpretation of particular Qumran writings. The second theme centers on the question of historical referentiality. How can the purported referentiality of particular Qumran writings be used in order to reconstruct an underlying historical reality? The third theme includes essays that pertain to different dimensions concerning the methodology of interpretation. The fourth theme focuses on problems relating to the textual reconstruction of specific Qumran texts. In the final section of the book, the perspective is widened to other writings outside the more specific Qumran context.

Contents:

From Bible to midrash : approaches to biblical interpretation in the Dead Sea scrolls by modern interpreters / George J. Brooke

Anatomy of a scene : Noah's covenant in Genesis Apocryphon XI / Daniel K. Falk

The dream visions in the Noah story of the Genesis Apocryphon and related texts / Esther Eshel

Selection, election, and rejection : interpretation of Genesis in 4Q252 / Juhana Markus Saukkonen

Geography and ideology in the Copper Scroll (3Q15) from Qumran / Jesper Hgenhaven

The two historical layers of Pesher Habakkuk / Hanan Eshel

Who are the "fools" in 4QNarrative and Poetic Composition[superscript a-c]? / Magnar Kartveit

The question of scribal exegesis at Qumran / Jonathan Norton

Reading the human body and discerning zodiacal spirits : a proposal for the use of physiognomics in the Dead Sea scrolls / Mladen Popovic

A brotherhood at Qumran? Metaphorical familial language in the Dead Sea scrolls / Jutta Jokiranta and Cecilia Wassen

The reconstruction of 4QMMT : a methodological critique / Ian Werrett

4QMMT : some new readings / Hanne von Weissenberg

How to reconstruct a fragmented scroll : the puzzle of 4Q422 / Torleif Elgvin

A villain and the VIPs : Josephus on Judas the Galilean and the Essenes / Gunnar Haaland

The songs of the sabbath sacrifice and the heavenly scene of the book of Revelation / Hakan Ulfgard.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-40046-0

9786612400469

90-474-2495-6

OCLC:

568261505

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004171633.i-314 DOI