Collins The Dead Sea Scrolls

A Biography
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4460-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 13, 288 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, John J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Chapter 1 The Discovery of the Scrolls 1

Chapter 2 The Essenes 33

Chapter 3 The Site of Qumran 67

Chapter 4 The Scrolls and Christianity 96

Chapter 5 The Scrolls and Judaism 147

Chapter 6 The Scrolls and the Bible 185

Chapter 7 The Battle for the Scrolls 213

Appendix Personalities in the Discovery and
Subsequent Controversies 243

Notes 247

Glossary 259

Bibliography 263

Indexes 265

- Ancient Texts 265

- Names 267

- Places 270

- Subjects 27

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Collins is the Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. His many books include Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, and The Scepter and the Star: Messianism in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls.