Science in Qumran Aramaic Texts

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-16-161387-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

Reihe: ASK

Qumran Aramaic texts were not written on the spot. Dated to various times, they represent fragments of biblical books, works related to biblical traditions, and several texts citing biblical passages. The texts contain a number of Mesopotamian elements. By the 7th century BC Mesopotamia had become bilingual, and Aramaic became the mediating language that conveyed cuneiform literature and science to foreign groups living in Mesopotamia and abroad. In the present volume, science is understood as human knowledge about the natural and human world that had been described, systematized, and transmitted. Thus, traditional fields of science are expanded by astrology, magical healing, and others. The contributors show that Qumran Aramaic texts reflect the incorporation and adaptation of Mesopotamian science into the culture of Jewish diaspora communities. They express a new scientific worldview created by these groups as well as their self-definition, and show a new face to the community that preserved them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fröhlich, Ida

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Fröhlich, Ida
Born 1947; 1972 MA Eötvös Loránd University Budapest; 1984 PhD Oriental Institute St. Petersburg (Leningrad); 1993-2017 Professor of Hebrew Studies and Ancient History at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University; 2002 Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of the Sciences; 2004 member of the St. Stephen Academy of Sciences; 2000-06 Dean of the Faculty of Humanities; since 2017 Professor emerita.