Challenges to conventional opinions on Qumran and Enoch issues /
Some literary expressions in the Dead Sea Scrolls led scholars to allege that their authors professed a dualistic and deterministic worldview of Zoroastrian origin and that the omission of Moses and Sinai from the Enoch writings evinces that a segment in Jewish society marginalized the Torah, adopti...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
Series:
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
100.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.
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Call Number: BS476 .H395 2012
| Summary: | Some literary expressions in the Dead Sea Scrolls led scholars to allege that their authors professed a dualistic and deterministic worldview of Zoroastrian origin and that the omission of Moses and Sinai from the Enoch writings evinces that a segment in Jewish society marginalized the Torah, adopting Enoch's prophecies as its ethical guideline. This study challenges these allegations as utterly conflicting with essential biblical doctrines and the unequivocal beliefs and expectations of Qumran's Torah-centered society, arguing that scholars' allegations are erroneously based on interpreting ancient texts with a modern mindset and influenced by the interpreter's personal cultural background. The study interprets the relevant texts in a manner compatible with the presumed doctrines of ancient Jewish authors and readers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 415 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004218826 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9962 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |