Conquering the world : the War Scroll (1QM) reconsidered /
Unique in its genre and content, the War Scroll (1QM) presents a vision of an impending eschatological war. Although originally interpreted as being the product of a single author from the Qumran Sect, the composition's inconsistencies quickly led to the view that it is in fact an eclectic docu...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
Series:
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
76.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.
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Call Number: BM488.W3 S38 2009
| Summary: | Unique in its genre and content, the War Scroll (1QM) presents a vision of an impending eschatological war. Although originally interpreted as being the product of a single author from the Qumran Sect, the composition's inconsistencies quickly led to the view that it is in fact an eclectic document with an elaborate compositional history. Yet all such theories were formulated prior to the publication of War Scroll-like texts from Caves 4 and 11. A careful re-examination of the War Scroll suggests instead that what began as a primitive and cohesive composition from the Hellenistic period about a two-stage conquest of the world was eventually updated in order to fit the new historical realities faced by the sectarians under Roman rule. |
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| Item Description: | One folded page titled Synopsis of 1QM 7-9 and 1QM 15-19 inserted in pocket of back cover. Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Bar-Ilan University, 2007 under title: The War Scroll from cave 1 (1QM) in the light of its related fragments from caves 4 and 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-421) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047442929 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |