Reading for history in the Damascus document : a methodological study /

Reading for history in the Damascus document : a methodological study /

Scholars tend to view the Damascus Document as a historical source, but a reading of the text in light of contemporary (audience-oriented) literary criticism finds its emphasis in the ideological construction of history and communal identity, rather than in the preservation of a historical record. A...

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Main Author: Grossman, Maxine L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 45.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.

Subjects:

Damascus document.
586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism > History > Historiography. > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
History.

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Call Number: BM175.Z3 G76 2002

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • CHAPTER ONE METHODOLOGY: TOWARD A LITERARY-CRITICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY
  • CHAPTER TWO TWO TEST CASES
  • CHAPTER THREE HISTORY AND TIME IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT
  • CHAPTER FOUR READING FOR HISTORY AND TIME IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT
  • CHAPTER FIVE READING FOR IDENTITY IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT
  • CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS AND CHALLENGES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • MODERN AUTHORS
  • INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES
  • SELECTED SUBJECT INDEX
  • STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH.