The Qumran paradigm: a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect

"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...

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Autore principale: Looijer, Gwynned de (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Atlanta SBL Press [2015]
In: Early Judaism and its literature (number 43)
Anno: 2015
Recensioni:[Rezension von: Looijer, Gwynned$cde, The Qumran paradigm] (2018) (Jokiranta, Jutta)
Periodico/Rivista:Early Judaism and its literature number 43
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Setta di Qumran / Costituzione di una comunità religiosa
B Dead Sea scrolls, Qumrantexte / Dualismo
B Setta di Qumran
Altre parole chiave:B Qumran community
B Tesi universitaria
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
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Riepilogo:"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"--
"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"--
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index
Descrizione fisica:xviii, 297 Seiten, Diagramme, 24 cm
ISBN:0884140733