The Library of Qumran

by Hartmut Stegemann

The incredible discoveries at Qumran are unveiled in this compelling volume by one of the world's foremost experts on biblical archaeology and the ancient Qumran community.

The Library of Qumran

Author: Hartmut Stegemann

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004112100

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Northwest of the Dead Sea, twelve kilometers to the south of Jericho and thirty-two kilometers north of the En-gedi Oasis, lie the ruins of a community long known to the Bedouins as 'Khirbet Qumran'. The nearly 900 original manuscript fragments found in caves near the site between 1947 and 1956 have fundamentally altered our view of ancient Judaism. The incredible discoveries at Qumran are unveiled in this compelling volume by one of the world's foremost experts on biblical archaeology and the ancient Qumran community. Drawing on the best of current research and a thorough knowledge of all the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hartmut Stegemann deciphers the meaning of the historical facts regarding the Qumran community and answers in an understandable and exciting way many of the questions that have provoked sensational speculation in the press since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Stegemann analyzes the purpose of the Qumran settlement itself and paints a picture of how daily life was carried on there. He probes similarities and differences between Essene baptism, commemorative meals, and eschatology and their early Christian counterparts. He also explores the relation of the Qumran community to John the Baptist, to Jesus, and to early Christianity, and uncovers the true nature of the Qumran writings, which continue to have a profound impact on biblical studies today.

The Ancient Library of Qumran

by Frank Moore Cross

Nor have all of the texts which have come to light been published; however, the history of their discovery and much of their content and significance can be described. This is done in this book.

The Ancient Library of Qumran

Author: Frank Moore Cross

Publisher: Burns & Oates

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The discovery of manuscripts and papyri in the Judaean desert has not ceased. Nor have all of the texts which have come to light been published; however, the history of their discovery and much of their content and significance can be described. This is done in this book. In place of the many unbridled speculations that have been spread abroad in certain publications, this volume gives a sober and objective account by a scholar who has taken a leading part in the editing and evaluation of the Qumran texts. The form of the book is shaped by its origin in the Haskell Lectures. Each lecture, after the first chapter recounting the history of the finds, deals with a single, but major area of scroll research. Each records an attempt to achieve in a given area a synthesis, or at least a systematic interepretation of the facts now available. Old and new, published and unpublished data are drawn upon. The text of the lectures has been expanded by very extensive footnoting. The notes are written at two levels: most contain technical discussion, especially at points where unpublished material or unpublished views are alluded to in the text; at the same time a number of explanatory notes are directed to the reader with less background in the field.

The Library at Qumran

by Katharine Greenleaf Pedley

THE LIBRARY AT QUMRAN The Dead Sea scrolls are sometimes referred to as “
the library " I of the Qumran Community , but it would be more accurate to speak
of them as the partial contents of a library which must once have existed in that ...

The Library at Qumran

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The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library

by Sidnie White Crawford

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library explores the important question of whether or not the manuscripts found in the eleven caves near Qumran can be characterized as a “library.”

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library

Author: Sidnie White Crawford

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9004305068

Page: 356

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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Concept of a Library explores the important question of whether or not the manuscripts found in the eleven caves near Qumran can be characterized as a “library.”

A Guide to Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission

by Alexander Kulik

Qumran are only part of the “library” of Qumran. Indeed, we are sure that a lot of
manuscripts disappeared, because many tiny fragments have been discovered,
and for those that preserve words, it remains difficult to identify the document or to
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A Guide to Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission

Author: Alexander Kulik

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0190863072

Page: 558

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The Jewish culture of the Hellenistic and early Roman periods established a basis for all monotheistic religions, but its main sources have been preserved to a great degree through Christian transmission. This Guide is devoted to problems of preservation, reception, and transformation of Jewish texts and traditions of the Second Temple period in the many Christian milieus from the ancient world to the late medieval era. It approaches this corpus not as an artificial collection of reconstructed texts--a body of hypothetical originals--but rather from the perspective of the preserved materials, examined in their religious, social, and political contexts. It also considers the other, non-Christian, channels of the survival of early Jewish materials, including Rabbinic, Gnostic, Manichaean, and Islamic. This unique project brings together scholars from many different fields in order to map the trajectories of early Jewish texts and traditions among diverse later cultures. It also provides a comprehensive and comparative introduction to this new field of study while bridging the gap between scholars of early Judaism and of medieval Christianity.

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Jodi Magness

ment at Qumran is still accurate: "Khirbet Qumran is not a village or a group of
houses; it is the establishment of a community. ... For a discussion of the "
scriptorium" in 13O see Katharine Greenleaf Pedley, "The Library at Qumran,"
Revue de ...

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: Jodi Magness

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

ISBN: 9780802826879

Page: 238

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This is an account of the archaeology, meaning, and controversies surrounding the Dead Seas Scrolls and the archaeological site of Qumran where they were found.

From 4QMMT to Resurrection

by Emile Puech

THE QUMRAN DEAD SEA SCROLLSLIBRARY OR MANUSCRIPT CORPUS ? *
Armin Lange University of Vienna Since F.M. Cross wrote his book “ The Ancient
Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies ” it has more or less been taken ...

From 4QMMT to Resurrection

Author: Emile Puech

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This volume honouring Émile Puech contains nineteen essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including three important ones on 4QMMT and two on resurrection and afterlife.

The Living Church

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... scrolls and their owners is developing The caves contain the library of a Jewish
community that occupied the site on the shore of the Dead Sea , known now as
Khirbet Qumran , during most of the period from the Hasmonaean Kingdom , ca .

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The Secret Initiation of Jesus at Qumran

by Robert Feather

Chapter 9 : The Teacher of Righteousness and Expectations of the End Days 1.
Robert Feather , The Mystery of the Copper Scroll of Qumran ( Inner Traditions ,
2003 ) . 2. Frank Moore Cross , The Ancient Library of Qumran ( Anchor , 1961 ...

The Secret Initiation of Jesus at Qumran

Author: Robert Feather

Publisher: Watkins Publishing

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Page: 456

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"An examination of the early, mysterious Essene community at Qumran that links it with John the Baptist, Jesus, and the beginnings of Christianity"--Provided by publisher.

Revue de Qumr n

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( 5 ) It turned out that the Qumran library contained texts of distinct character and
background , not necessarily sectarian . Especially noteworthy has been the
emergence of a considerable body of compositions reworking the Bible without
the ...

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Studies in the Hebrew Bible Qumran and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich

by Eugene Charles Ulrich

It is possible , of course , that these were simply books in a library with no direct
relation to or influence on the life of the Qumran people . ' But if one assumes that
the Rule of the Community ( 1QS ) was the rule by which the community at ...

Studies in the Hebrew Bible Qumran and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich

Author: Eugene Charles Ulrich

Publisher: Supplements to Vetus Testament

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Page: 460

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With contributions by many of his colleagues and former students, this volume pays homage to Eugene Ulrich, Chief Editor of the Cave 4 Biblical Scrolls and a foremost expert on the Biblical Scrolls, the Canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and the Septuagint. In line with Professor Ulrich s areas of scholarship and interest, the almost 30 essays are grouped in three main sections: The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (including the Biblical Scrolls from the Judaean Desert); Qumran and the Non-Biblical Scrolls from the Judaean Desert; and the Septuagint and Other Ancient Versions. The volume includes a tribute to Eugene Ulrich and ends with a cumulative bibliography and several useful indices.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum

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Although there may be some evidence of the emerging authority of Chronicles in
the compositions of the second century BCE found in the Qumran library , in the
first century BCE it seems to have been completely marginalised or even ...

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library book . " " The Big Search , " a trivia contest with answers available at any
branch of the library , will net the ... de Young Museum " Scrolls from the Dead
Sea : The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship , " will open on
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Library of Congress Information Bulletin

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"Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern
Scholarship ” opens April 29 in the Library's Madison Building. The exhibition will
be open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5
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