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The Qumran paradigm : a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect
- Title
- The Qumran paradigm : a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect / by Gwynned de Looijer.
- Author
- Looijer, Gwynned de
- Publication
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 297 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Gwynned de Looijer reexamines the key hypotheses that have driven scholars' understandings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran, and the textual descriptions of the Essenes. She demonstrates that foundational hypotheses regarding a sect at Qumran have heavily influenced the way the texts found in the surrounding caves are interpreted. De Looijer's approach abandon's those assumptions to illustrate that the Dead Sea Scrolls reflect a wider range of backgrounds reflecting the many diverse forms of Judaism that existed in the Second Temple period"--
- Series Statement
- Society of Biblical Literature. Early Judaism and its literature ; number 43
- Uniform Title
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 43.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
- Call Number
- *PFX 16-203
- ISBN
- 9780884140719
- 0884140717
- 9780884140733
- 0884140733
- 9780884140726 (canceled/invalid)
- 0884140725 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015025096
- OCLC
- 905738683
- Author
- Looijer, Gwynned de, author.
- Title
- The Qumran paradigm : a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect / by Gwynned de Looijer.
- Publisher
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Society of Biblical Literature. Early Judaism and its literature ; number 43Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 43.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 586 B.C. - 210 A.D.
- Research Call Number
- *PFX 16-203