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Zusatztext 'This superb new volume on the Dead Sea Scrolls will be a vital resource for scholars in the field. In addition to containing the usual overview articles! the Companion contains short treatments of over thirty of the major texts. The authors! who include scholars from Britain and other European countries! Israel! and North America! are all experts in the field. The T&T Clark Companion is a "must-have" for any serious Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. Informationen zum Autor George J. Brooke is Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester (UK). Charlotte Hempel is Reader in Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism at the University of Birmingham, UK. Klappentext This companion provides the ideal resource for those seriously engaging with the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 30 concise articles all of the key texts and documents are examined. A section on the complex methods used in anaylzing the scrolls then follows before the focus moves to consideration of the scrolls in their various contexts; political! religious! cultural! economic! historical. The genres ascribed to groups of texts within the scrolls are examined in the next section with due attention given to both past and present scholarship. The main body of the companion then concludes with crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars. The book finishes with appendices and indexes giving: timelines! lists of kings! family trees of the Seleucids! Ptolemies! Hasmoneans! lists of places and scrolls! information on electronic resources and classified bibliographies. A comprehensive companion to postgraduate study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Zusammenfassung The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century. They have great historical, religious, and linguistic significance, not least in relation to the transmission of many of the books which came to be included in the Hebrew Bible. This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls.Beginning with a section on the complex methods used in discovering, archiving and analysing the Scrolls, the focus moves to consideration of the Scrolls in their various contexts: political, religious, cultural, economic and historical. The genres ascribed to groups of texts within the Scrolls— including exegesis and interpretation, poetry and hymns, and liturgical texts — are then examined, with due attention given to both past and present scholarship. The main body of the Companion concludes with crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars. Complemented by extensive appendices and indexes, this Companion provides the ideal resource for those seriously engaging with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Inhaltsverzeichnis AbbreviationsList of Images and FiguresList of Contributors Introduction - George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel I. Background Discoveries - Hans Debel Archaeology of Qumran - Dennis Mizzi Manuscript Collections: An Overview - Mladen Popovic Publication Process - Weston Fields and son Scholarly and Popular Reception - Matthew Collins II. Context Ethnicity: A Fresh Religious Context of the Scrolls - Robert Kugler The Yahad in the Context of Hellenistic Group Formation - Benedikt Eckhardt Regional Context of the Dead Sea - Joan E. Taylor Qumran and the Ancient Near East - Henryk Drawnel Scrolls and Early Judaism - George J. Brooke Scrolls and Early Christianity - Albert Hogeterp Scrolls and Hellenistic Jewish Literaturea. Philo - Joan E. Taylorb. Josephus - James McLaren c. Other Literature - Matthias Henze Scrolls and non-Jewish Hellenistic Literature - Jutta Leonhardt Balzer III. Methods Physicality of Manuscripts and Material Culture - Ingo K...
Summary
All of the key texts and documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls are examined, methods used to analyse the scrolls are discussed, and they are considered in their various contexts; political, religious, cultural, economic, and historical. The volume concludes with a look at the crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars.
