The Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity - Papers from an International Conference at St. Andrews in 2001

The International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity (St. Andrews, Scotland, 2001) gathered scholars from a wide range of specialties and perspectives from around the world to explore how the Scrolls contribute to our knowledge of the background of both rabbinic and noncanonical forms of Judaism, and of the origins and early development of Christianity. This volume publishes papers from the conference which deal with the Scrolls and: rabbinic literature; Christian origins; Pauline and Deutero-Pauline literature; and Jewish and Christian liturgy, mysticism, and messianism. It comprises an excellent sketch of the state of the question at the beginning of the twenty-first century and is also programmatic for future research.

About the author

James R. Davila, Ph.D., Harvard University, is Lecturer in Early Jewish Studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His previous books include Liturgical Works (Eerdmans, 2000) and Descenders to the Chariot: The People Behind the Hekhalot Literature (Brill, 1999).

Product details

• Assisted by: James Davila (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2002
• EAN: 9789004126787
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12678-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 243 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 789 g
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the De
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations