| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 67 |
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Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 67.
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: READING 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) AND 4QPHYSIOGNOMY AR (4Q561): TEXTS, GENRE, AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER TWO: TO READ STRANGE MATTERS FROM THE HUMAN BODY: PHYSIOGNOMICS IN BABYLONIAN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE: "IN THE FOOT OF TAURUS": ASTROLOGICAL NOTIONS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186); CHAPTER FOUR: "THERE IS A SPIRIT FOR HIM ... ": HUMAN OR ZODIACAL SPIRITS IN 4QZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY (4Q186) |
| Summary |
Offering fresh reconstructions and interpretations of physiognomic and astrological texts from Qumran in comparison with Babylonian and Greco-Roman texts, this book gives a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Text is in English with some Hebrew and Aramaic |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Dead Sea scrolls. 4Q -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Dead Sea scrolls. fast (OCoLC)fst01356176 |
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Physiognomy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Jewish astrology.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Physiognomy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Jewish astrology.
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Dode-Zeerollen.
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Fysiognomiek.
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Astrologie.
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Essenen.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9047420462 |
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9789047420460 |
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9004157174 |
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9789004157170 |
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