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The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Gwynned de Looijer

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Abstract

Gwynned de Looijer re-examines the key hypotheses that have driven scholars' understandings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the archaeological site of Kirbet Qumran, and the textual description 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 abandons those assumptions to illustrate that the Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrate a wider range of backgrounds reflecting the many diverse forms of Judaism that existed in the Second Temple period.

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Author(s): de Looijer G

Series Editor(s): Werline, Rod A

Publication type: Authored Book

Publication status: Published

Series Title: Early Judaism and Its Literature

Year: 2015

Volume: 43

Number of Pages: 316

Print publication date: 14/10/2015

Online publication date: 29/10/2015

Acceptance date: 14/01/2015

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press

Place Published: Atlanta, USA

URL: https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/063543P-front.pdf

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

ISBN: 9780884140719

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