Author : Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004175245
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity by : Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium
Download or read book Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity written by Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 papers comprising this volume represent the fruits of the first Orion Center Symposium devoted to the comparison of the Dead Sea and early Christian texts. The authors reject the older paradigm which configured the similarities between Qumran and early Christian literature as evidence of influence from one upon the other. They raise fresh methodological possibilities by asking how insights from each of these two corpora illuminate the other, and by considering them as parallel evidence for broader currents of Second Temple Judaism. Topics addressed include specific exegetical and legal comparisons; prophecy, demonology, and messianism; the development of canon and the rise of commentary; and possible connections between the Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls.