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Scribes and scrolls at Qumran / Sidnie White Crawford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xviii, 406 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802866202
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.8/15 23
LOC classification:
  • BM175.Q6 C655 2019 13819
Contents:
Scribes and libraries in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds -- Scribes and libraries in ancient Israel -- Caves and scrolls: the archaeology of the caves and the texts found in them -- The archaeology of Qumran -- The Qumran scrolls collection: a scribal library with a sectarian component -- Who owned the scrolls? The Qumran-Essene hypothesis revisited -- Scribes and scrolls at Qumran: a new synthesis.
Summary: "The author provides a thorough case for supporting the traditional position in Qumran scholarship, that Qumran was an Essene scribal center in competition with the Jerusalem temple and that the surrounding caves were used regularly for scrolls storage"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reference Reference Oriental Theological Seminary Processing center Non-fiction BM175.Q6 C655 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 13819

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-365) and index.

Scribes and libraries in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds -- Scribes and libraries in ancient Israel -- Caves and scrolls: the archaeology of the caves and the texts found in them -- The archaeology of Qumran -- The Qumran scrolls collection: a scribal library with a sectarian component -- Who owned the scrolls? The Qumran-Essene hypothesis revisited -- Scribes and scrolls at Qumran: a new synthesis.

"The author provides a thorough case for supporting the traditional position in Qumran scholarship, that Qumran was an Essene scribal center in competition with the Jerusalem temple and that the surrounding caves were used regularly for scrolls storage"-- Provided by publisher.

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