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Rachel Elior: Her Response to A Review and Excerpts From Her Latest Book, In English
Dr Jim West —
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Rachel Elior, whom I mentioned in an earlier post , has kindly sent along a copy of her response to the review of her book which appeared in Ha’aretz (in Hebrew) View this document on Scribd And she has also kindly sent along a fairly extensive (22 page) excerpt of her book, in English (though the book itself ...1 day ago -
Two Recent Books Concerning Qumran and the Scrolls
Dr Jim West —
Authority: 619
Joseph Lauer writes Towards the end of November, Ha’aretz [Hebrew] published a review of two books, under the (roughly translated) caption, “The Eternal Enchantment of the Dead Sea Scrolls”, and sub-caption, “Is it true that the Essenes were the writers of the Scrolls? Was there a sect and was their ...1 day ago -
The Citadel
Paris Parfait —
Authority: 115
The Citadel in silhouette, Amman, Jordan. The Temple of Hercules overlooks the city of Amman. The Citadels museum houses fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, among other rare antiquities. The famous Dead Sea Scroll fragments. One of the many sculptural...3 days ago -
Questioning Consensus
Biblia Hebraica —
Authority: 508
Biblical scholarship now operates with a few defining consensuses. Questioning the consensus can be okay. Overturning the consensus is nearly impossible. Sometimes the consensus position is solid and does not need to be overturned. There are several high-profile consensus positions, however, that are less than solid, ...1 week ago -
Beyond the Qumran Community
Dr Jim West —
Authority: 619
John J. Collins very recent book arrived in the mail while I was at SBL thanks to the good graces of the folk at Eerdmans. The publisher’s blurb remarks John J. Collins here deconstructs “the Qumran community” and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. ...2 weeks ago -
Announcing the Publication of "Archaeology, Stamps and Coins of the State of Israel" by Yitzhak Zahavy
Tzvee's Talmudic Blog —
Authority: 470
Preview Announcing the publication of a brilliant new book: Archaeology, Stamps and Coins of the State of Israel by Yitzhak Zahavy This book explains how archaeology is used in the politics and nationalism of the State of Israel through its stamps, ...3 weeks ago -
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Defining Canada —
Authority: 92
I’ve had some fun lately putting together the video podcasts for my book Pilgrim in the Palace of Words. They’re going to be up on itunes soon but you can get a sneak peak already. This is some real footage of the Dead Sea Scrolls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TwKWeO_6g And check out the ROM museum’s ...3 weeks ago -
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
For previous posts in this series, see here . In this post, I want to boil down and organize what I think are the biggest take-aways from the Dead Sea Scrolls as background to the New Testament. Certainly many have done this sort of thing before, but thats never stopped me before. _________ Jesus and John the ...3 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 8: Final DSS
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
Previous posts in this series include: Most Apocrypha and Alexandrian Literature Enochic Literature and 4QMMT Covenant of Damascus Community Rule Qumran Hymns Pesher Commentaries Songs of Sabbath, 4QTest, 4QFlor, Son of God frag, etc... And now the remaining Dead Sea Scrolls I am covering. ...4 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 7: Miscellaneous DSS
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
Previous posts in this series include: Most Apocrypha and Alexandrian Literature Enochic Literature and 4QMMT Covenant of Damascus Community Rule Qumran Hymns Pesher Commentaries Maybe second to last post in run through the Dead sea Scrolls. I hope on Monday to summarize what I think the rather ...4 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 6: Pesher Commentaries
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
Previous posts in this series include: Most Apocrypha and Alexandrian Literature Enochic Literature and 4QMMT Covenant of Damascus Community Rule Qumran Hymns The next installment of our run through intertestamental literature for its possible intersections with the New Testament leads us to the Habakkuk, ...4 weeks ago -
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor
OneJerusalem.com Israel News Blog Feed —
Authority: 126
Searching for the truth about Jewish History became a game of deceit and backstabbing last week in America. There are two schools of thought regarding the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls . Many historians claim that they were written by a scribe from the ascetic Jewish sect the Essenes , of whom it is also claimed ...4 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 5: Qumran Hymns
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
Previous posts in this series include: Most Apocrypha and Alexandrian Literature Enochic Literature and 4QMMT Covenant of Damascus Community Rule Qumran Hymns Some may come from the Teacher of Righteousness himself. Geza Vermes points to a comment in Philos Contemplative Life that indicates hymns were ...4 weeks ago -
The Bible And the Dead Sea Scrolls (Archaeology and Biblical Studies)
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Shared by:rhodeC. D. ElledgeThe Dead Sea Scrolls have revolutionized our understanding of the literature of the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and the New Testament. The study of the Scrolls is now essential for understanding the history and transmission of the earliest biblical manuscripts, the development of ...4 weeks ago -
Is Raphael Golb Guilty?
Tzvee's Talmudic Blog —
Authority: 470
No, as we see it Raphael Golb, accused of identity theft and harassment of Lawrence Schiffman is not guilty of any crime or tort. The Times reports on the strange case of the feud of the Dead Sea Scrolls Scholars and concludes with this: ...But what about the injury Mr. Golb apparently tried to inflict on ...4 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 4: Community Rule
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
In three previous posts I have attempted to catalog intersections between Intertestamental literature and the New Testament, as well as some basics. They are: Most Apocrypha and Alexandrian Literature Enochic Literature and 4QMMT Covenant of Damascus Here are some basics relating to the Community Rule (1QS) of ...4 weeks ago -
New Testament Intersections 2: Covenant of Damascus
Quadrilateral Thoughts —
Authority: 513
In an earlier post I went through the "Enochic" literature up to 4QMMT, a document that possibly stands at the very moment of the birth of the Essenes as a distinct sect. Next I want to look at the Covenant of Damascus , both for clues to the history of the period and for possible intersections with early ...4 weeks ago -
Cargill on Golb
Dr Jim West —
Authority: 619
Bob Cargill has penned (I know, it’s an anachronism since he typed and didn’t pen at all) a nice review of recent events in the ongoing Golb-ian travesty. You can check it out here . Particularly astute is this observation: each day that this case drags on, university of chicago historian norman golb’s ...4 weeks ago -
Another Must-Have Book: Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew
Biblia Hebraica —
Authority: 508
I admit that Im not really a fan of the full 8 volume Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, but this new abridgement looks genuinely useful. The full DCH is less useful because 1) their theoretical foundation in modern linguistics was not so modern, 2) their entries are overloaded with useless syntactic data, especially ...4 weeks ago -
About New York: 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, Internet-Era Crime
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 905
Prosecutors saw a crime in the way a prolific Internet commentator — using many aliases — tried to influence academic debate on the Dead Sea Scrolls.4 weeks ago
