The "Other" in Second Temple Judaism
The books and articles written on the subject would fill a large library, but in the main they have been highly technical and therefore accessible only to the specialist.
It would be unprofitable to apologize for the shortcomings of this book, which reviewers and readers will detect all too easily. A Word of explanation is in order, however, concerning the omission of a few features that might be expected in a book about ancient manuscripts.
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In this volume leading expert James C. VanderKam offers detailed summaries of significant ways in which the scrolls can enrich the reading and study of the Bible. Each chapter brings readers up-to-date with the latest pivotal developments, focusing on relevant information from the scrolls and expounding their significance for biblical studies.
"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.
Her book is a history of the city - and it is more than that; it is, in Karen Armstrong's words,'an attempt to find out what Jews, Christians and Muslims have meant when they say the city is ''holy'' to them, and point out some of the implications of Jerusalem's sanctity in each tradition'.
Through the swirling smoke of Aaron's incense - and of scholarly theories - the present volume steps toward the meaning enacted on ''the Day of Purgation,'' commonly know as Yom Kippur or ''the Day of Atonement.'' By treating moral evil noth as relational/legal breach and as pollution, the Israelite system of ''purification offerings'' = so-called ''sin offerings'' addresses both the standing a…
The focus of this book is on the narrowly defined question of the nature of the communities described in the scrolls.
Where is Islam now in the life of the Arabs and the Muslims? Where is its important hoped-for role? Where are its movements and its men, or those who claim they are its men?