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The Qumran paradigm : a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect / Gwynned de Looijer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Looijer, Gwynned de, author.
- Series:
- Early Judaism and its literature ; Number 43.
- Early Judaism and its literature ; Number 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Qumran community.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, [Georgia] : SBL Prss, 2015.
- Summary:
- "Gwynned de Looijer reexamines the key hypotheses that have driven scholars' understandings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran, and the textual descriptions of the Essenes. She demonstrates that foundational hypotheses regarding a sect at Qumran have heavily influenced the way the texts found in the surrounding caves are interpreted. De Looijer's approach abandon's those assumptions to illustrate that the Dead Sea Scrolls reflect a wider range of backgrounds reflecting the many diverse forms of Judaism that existed in the Second Temple period"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-88414-072-5
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