| Description |
1 online resource (x, 117 pages) |
| Series |
The literature of the Dead Sea scrolls |
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Literature of the Dead Sea scrolls.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION TO WISDOM AT QUMRAN; ISRAEL'S WISDOM TRADITION; BIBLICAL WISDOM TEXTS AND TARGUMS AT QUMRAN; WISDOM IN THE PSALMS SCROLL FROM CAVE 11; FOLLY AND WISDOM IN 4Q184 185; A LARGE WISDOM INSTRUCTION (SAPIENTIAL WORK A); OTHER QUMRAN WISDOM INSTRUCTIONS; ̃SECTARIAÑ WISDOM; WISDOM TEXTS FROM QUMRAN AND EARLY JUDAISM; WISDOM TEXTS FROM QUMRAN AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; Appendix: The Ben Sira Scroll from Masada; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of references |
| Summary |
This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After surveying biblical and extrabiblical wisdom books, the author considers the best and most fully preserved wisdom texts from Qumran. The centrepiece of the book is a discussion of the large wisdom instruction known as Sapiential Work A. Also, the author reflects on the relevance of those texts for the study of early Judaism and Christia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-109) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Dead Sea scrolls. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79071139
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Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Dead Sea scrolls -- criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Dead Sea scrolls fast |
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Qumrantexte gnd |
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Mer Morte, Manuscrits de la -- Critique, interprétation, etc. ram |
| Subject |
Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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11.26 movements within Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Wisdom literature
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Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Weisheitsliteratur
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Weisheit
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Dode-Zeerollen.
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Wijsheidsliteratuur.
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Sagesse -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme.
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Qumran
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203133153 |
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9780203133156 |
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9780415139069 |
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0415139066 |
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9780415139076 |
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0415139074 |
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128032810X |
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9781280328107 |
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113477186X |
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9781134771868 |
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9786610328109 |
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6610328102 |
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