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Reading the present in the Qumran library : the perception of the contemporary by means of scriptural interpretations / edited by Kristin De Troyer and Armin Lange ; with the assistance of Katie M. Goetz and Susan Bond. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 236 pages) - Society of biblical literature symposium series ; no. 30 . - Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 30. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and indexes.

Is it true? Hermeneutical reading of the present / Pesharim: a mirror of self-understanding / Contemporizing Halakic exegesis in the Dead Sea scrolls / Jeremiah and the "Diaspora Letters" in ancient Judaism: Epistolary communication with the Golah as medium for dealing with the present / Justifying deviance: the place of Scripture in converting to a Qumran self-understanding / "Reading the present" in the animal apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90) / Why has Daniel's prophecy not been fulfilled? The question of political peace and independence in the additions to Daniel? / Reading Deuteronomy in the Second Temple period / Building the altar and reading the law: the journeys of Joshua 8:30-35 / Interpreting the exile: the experience of the destruction of the temple and devastation of the land as reflected within the nonpentateuchal biblical Abraham tradition / Reding the decline of prophecy / Linking the past, the present, and the future in Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea scrolls / Christine Helmer -- Jutta Jokiranta -- Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Lutz Doering -- George J. Brooke -- Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Ulrike Mittmann-Richert -- Sidnie White Crawford -- Kristin De Troyer -- Beate Ego -- Armin Lange -- Kristin De Troyer. INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- PART 2: ANCIENT JUDAISM -- PART 3: THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE HEBREW AND GREEK BIBLE -- PART 4: AUTHORITATIVE LITERATURE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND JUDAH -- Conclusions --

How did ancient scribes interpret their own reality by means of scriptural exegesis? The essays in this volume explore this question from various perspectives by examining the earliest known exegetical texts of Jewish origin, namely, the exegetical texts from the Qumran library. Scholars have debated the precise nature of the exegetical techniques used in the Qumran texts. To bring clarity to the discussion, this book analyzes the phenomenon of reading the present in the Qumran library and asks how far comparable phenomena can be observed in authoritative literature in ancient Israel and Judah, in the textual tradition of the Hebrew and Greek Bible, in ancient Judaism, and in early Christian literature. --From publisher's description.


English.

ISBN: 1429410981 9781429410984 1589833058 9781589833050 9781589831506 1589831500

LCCN:

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Bible.--Old Testament--Influence.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Ancien Testament--Critique, interprétation, etc. juives.
Bible.--Old Testament
Dead Sea scrolls

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Contemporary, The.
Contemporanéité.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Contemporary, The
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Dode-Zeerollen.
Oude Testament.
Interpretatie.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Congressen (vorm)

LC Class. No.: BM487 / .R35 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 221.6/09/01