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C.H.BECK
Anna-Sophia Mäder |
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Qumran
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Biblical Judaism
The fragments of around one thousand Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts brought to light in caves near the settlement of Hirbet Qumran were one of the most spectacular discoveries of the twentieth century. These texts provide insights into the lives and intellectual worlds of a Jewish group from Hellenistic-Roman times that had been completely unknown until then. Reinhard Kratz explains the history of the findings and their research, reconstructs how the community was organized, and explains how and why so many texts were written here. In a masterful tour through the most important writings, he clearly demonstrates that the community was part of a movement that invoked biblical writings, in particular those of the Torah and the Nevi'im, and distanced itself from the traditional Jewish sacrificial cult. With great clarity and in vivid detail, Reinhard Kratz paints a new, three-dimensional picture of the diversity of ancient Judaism and the devotional movement from which Christianity also emerged.
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Published 2022-02-17 by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406781742 Main content page count: 320 Pages ISBN: 9783406781742 |