The Dead Sea Scrolls are an invaluable source of information about Jewish biblical interpretation in antiquity. This volume by preeminent scholars in the field examines central aspects of scriptural interpretation as it was practiced at Qumran and discusses their implications for understanding the biblical tradition. While many of the forms of biblical interpretation found in the Scrolls have parallels elsewhere in Jewish literature, other kinds are original to the Scrolls and were unknown prior to the discovery of the caves. These chapters explore examples of biblical interpretation unique to Qumran, including legal exegesis and the Pesher. Readers will also find discussion of such fascinating subjects as the rewritten Bible, views on the creation of humanity, the Pseudo-Ezekiel texts, the pesharim, and the prophet David.
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Matthias Henze is Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Associate Professor in Biblical Studies at Rice University, Houston, Texas.
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The great number of Qumran scrolls that relate to the Bible have enriched our picture of both the biblical text and biblical interpretation in the late Second Temple period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
continuous pesharim, rewritten compositions, gezera shava, word pesher, thematic commentaries, term pesher, thematic commentary, pesher interpretation, psalms scroll, biblical compositions, legal exegesis, eschatological content, hermeneutic technique, textual witnesses, base text, wisdom texts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dead Sea Scrolls, Temple Scroll, Ben Sira, New York, Hebrew Bible, Community Rule, Second Temple, Qumran Cave, Damascus Document, Scholars Press, The Interpretation of Biblical Law, New Testament, Rabbi Eliezer, Mount Sinai, Festival of Weeks, Old Testament, Masoretic Text, Oxford University Press, Sinai Revisited, Interpretations of the Creation of Humanity, Most High, Songs of the Sage, Textual Criticism, Man of the Lie, Pesher Nahum New!
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The great number of Qumran scrolls that relate to the Bible have enriched our picture of both the biblical text and biblical interpretation in the late Second Temple period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
continuous pesharim, rewritten compositions, gezera shava, word pesher, thematic commentaries, term pesher, thematic commentary, pesher interpretation, psalms scroll, biblical compositions, legal exegesis, eschatological content, hermeneutic technique, textual witnesses, base text, wisdom texts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dead Sea Scrolls, Temple Scroll, Ben Sira, New York, Hebrew Bible, Community Rule, Second Temple, Qumran Cave, Damascus Document, Scholars Press, The Interpretation of Biblical Law, New Testament, Rabbi Eliezer, Mount Sinai, Festival of Weeks, Old Testament, Masoretic Text, Oxford University Press, Sinai Revisited, Interpretations of the Creation of Humanity, Most High, Songs of the Sage, Textual Criticism, Man of the Lie, Pesher Nahum New!
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- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls: 2 Volume set by Lawrence H. Schiffman (Editor-in-Chief) on 7 pages
- Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text by Shemaryahu Talmon on 4 pages
- The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls and the Book of Psalms (Studies of the Texts of Thedesert of Judah) by Peter W. Flint on 4 pages
- Dead Sea Psalms Scroll by J.A. Sanders on page 163, page 169, and Back Matter
- The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Classics) by Geza Vermes on page 46, page 139, and page 144
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