Qumran between the Old and New Testaments
Overview
This volume contains papers from the International Scandinavian Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran, sponsored by the University of Copenhagen and held in 1995. In addition to the contributions of Florentino Garc'a Mart'nez, Emanuel Tov and Ben Zion Wacholder, this collection offers a wide range of recent Scandinavian scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Central issues dealt with include the dating of the scrolls, the theological relationships between the Scrolls and the Old Testament, questions relating to text and tradition formation, and the social relations between Qumran and contemporary Jewish sectarianism.
- Papers from the International Scandinavian Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran
- Resolution of key issues surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran
- All Scripture references linked to original language texts and English translations in your library (that you own)
Top Highlights
“Pesher on Isaiah? ‘Isa 61:1–2 is the unifying scriptural base of the 11QMelch pesher’, according to J.A. Sanders.35 References to this text are scattered throughout the whole of col. 2.” (Page 28)
“A pesher unit in its most simple form consists of a quotation and an interpretation.” (Page 20)
“it cites and comments on scriptural texts from different parts of the Bible.” (Page 22)
- Title: Qumran between the Old and New Testaments
- Author: Frederick H. Cryer, Thomas L. Thompson
- Series: Second Temple Judaism Studies Collection
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Publication Date: 2009
- Pages: 398
Frederick H. Cryer was formerly Project Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Initiative, Institute for Biblical Exegesis, University of Copenhagen.