RT Book T1 The Qumran paradigm: a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect T2 Early Judaism and its literature JF Early Judaism and its literature A1 Looijer, Gwynned de LA English PP Atlanta PB SBL Press YR 2015 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/828711089 AB "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"-- AB "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"-- NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index CN BM487 SN 9780884140733 SN 9780884140719 K1 Dead Sea Scrolls K1 Qumran community K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D K1 Hochschulschrift