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Beyond the Qumran Community

The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • ISBN-13: 9780802828873
  • Publisher: EERDMANS TRADE
    Imprint: EERDMANS TRADE
  • By John J. Collins
  • Price: AUD $42.99
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  • Local release date: 02/11/2009
  • Format: Paperback (235.00mm X 159.00mm) 266 pages Weight: 408g
  • Categories: Judaism [HRJ]
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With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be and indeed, should be made. Beyond the Qumran Community does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confi ned to the site of Qumran. / John J
John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He has served as editor of the Anchor Yale Bible series and president of the Society of Biblical Literature. In 2019, he was awarded the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies. His many publications include Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy; Beyond the Qumran Community; The Bible After Babel; and Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism.
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