Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology

Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology
Author: Andrew G. Vaughn
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 1589830660

What are archaeologists and biblical scholars saying about Jerusalem? This volume includes the most up-to-date cross-disciplinary assessment of Biblical Jerusalem (ca. 2000-586 B.C.E.) that represents the views of biblical historians, archaeologists, Assyriologists, and Egyptologists. The archaeological articles both summarize and critique previous theories as well as present previously unpublished archaeological data regarding the highly contested interpretations of First Temple Period Jerusalem. The interpretative essays ask the question, "Can there be any dialogue between archaeologists and biblical scholars in the absence of consensus?" The essays give a clear "yes" to this question, and provide suggestions for how archaeology and biblical studies can and should be in conversation. This book will appeal to advanced scholars, nonspecialists in biblical studies, and lay audiences who are interested in the most recent theories on Jerusalem. The volume will be especially useful as a supplemental textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses on biblical history.

Writing and reading the scroll of Isaiah

Writing and reading the scroll of Isaiah
Author: Craig C. Broyles
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004110267

The studies in this volume investigate Isaiah's use of early sacred tradition, the editing and contextualization of oracles within the Isaianic tradition itself, and the interpretation of the book of Isaiah in later traditions (as in the various versions and interpretations of the text).

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research
Author: Devorah Dimant
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2012-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004208062

This book contains an exhaustive survey of past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development in various circumstances and national contexts. For the first time, perspectives and information not recorded in any other publication are highlighted.

Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants

Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants
Author: Donald W. Parry
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004412034

In Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants, Donald W. Parry systematically presents, on a verse-by-verse basis, the variants of the Hebrew witnesses of Isaiah (the Masoretic Text and the twenty-one Isaiah Dead Sea Scrolls) and briefly discusses why each variant exists. The Isaiah scrolls have greatly impacted our understanding of the textual history of the Bible, and in recent decades, Bible translation committees have incorporated a number of the variants into their translations; as such, the Isaiah scrolls are important for both academic and popular audiences. Variant characterizations include four categories: (a) accidental errors, e.g., dittography, haplography, metathesis, graphic similarity; (b) intentional changes by scribes and copyists; (c) synonymous readings; (d) scribes’ stylistic approaches and conventions.

The Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity

The Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity
Author: James Davila
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2018-12-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004350446

The International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity (St. Andrews, Scotland, 2001) gathered scholars from a wide range of specialties and perspectives from around the world to explore how the Scrolls contribute to our knowledge of the background of both rabbinic and noncanonical forms of Judaism, and of the origins and early development of Christianity. This volume publishes papers from the conference which deal with the Scrolls and: rabbinic literature; Christian origins; Pauline and Deutero-Pauline literature; and Jewish and Christian liturgy, mysticism, and messianism. It comprises an excellent sketch of the state of the question at the beginning of the twenty-first century and is also programmatic for future research.

Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah, Volume 2

Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah, Volume 2
Author: Craig C. Broyles
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004275959

The second part of a 2-volume work, this study combines recent approaches that treat the formation and early interpretation of the final form of the book of Isaiah with the more conventional historical-critical methods that treat the use of traditions by Isaiah's authors and editors. Studies investigate Isaiah's use of early sacred tradition, the editing and contextualization of oracles within the Isaianic tradition itself, and the interpretation of the book of Isaiah in later traditions (as seen in the various versions of the text and various communities). Contributors of this volume include virtually all of the major scholars of Isaiah and the leading scholars of biblical interpretation in the intertestamental, New Testament, and early Jewish periods.

The Concept of Time in The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Concept of Time in The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Gershon Brin
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2018-12-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9047401174

The book is concerned with the concept of time in the Bible and in later literature, primarily that of the Judaean Desert sect. By the term “concept of time” the author refers to the entire complex of issues relating to time, as follows from our involvement in the writings of the corpus. The work discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology that arise from the totality of texts dealing with the subject of time. The conjoining of the eight groups of chapters of the book provides a comprehensive picture of the approach to time in ancient Hebrew literature, beginning with the Bible and concluding with the first century CE, the latest possible time frame for the Scrolls.