The Concept of Time in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls

The book is concerned with the concept of time in the Bible and in later literature, primarily that of the Judaean Desert sect. By the term "concept of time" the author refers to the entire complex of issues relating to time, as follows from our involvement in the writings of the corpus. The work discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology that arise from the totality of texts dealing with the subject of time. The conjoining of the eight groups of chapters of the book provides a comprehensive picture of the approach to time in ancient Hebrew literature, beginning with the Bible and concluding with the first century CE, the latest possible time frame for the Scrolls.

About the author

Gershon Brin, Ph.D. (1972), Tel Aviv University, is Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. Among his publications are: Studies In Biblical Law: From the Hebrew Bible to the Dead Sea Scrolls, JSOTSup, (Sheffield 1994); "Reading in 4Q524 fr. 15-22 - DJD XXV", in: Revue de Qumran 74 (1999), and "The Relation between 4Q424 and the Book of Ben Sira," in: Fifty Years of Dead Sea Scrolls Research (ed. G. Brin and B. Nitzan; Yad Ben Zvi Publishing House, 2001).

Product details

• Authors: Gershon Brin
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2001
• EAN: 9789004123144
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12314-4
• No. of pages: 394
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 243 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 857 g
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the De
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations