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HumanitiesReligionReligious StudiesBiblical StudiesLegal InterpretationScriptural StudiesBiblical ExegesisBiblical HermeneuticsDead Sea Scrolls StudiesQur'anic StudiesSacred TextsScriptural TheologyBiblical Interpretation HistoryJewish Scriptural InterpretationLegal ExegesisPesher InterpretationQumran HebrewRewritten Bible
The Dead Sea Scrolls provide a unique window into Jewish biblical interpretation, revealing both familiar and previously unknown interpretive practices. The volume investigates key aspects of Qumran scriptural interpretation and their implications for the broader biblical tradition. The authors analyze unique Qumran interpretive methods such as legal exegesis and the Pesher, and discuss related topics including the rewritten Bible, creation views, Pseudo‑Ezekiel, pesharim, and the prophet David. Contributors include Moshe J.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are an invaluable source of information about Jewish biblical interpretation in antiquity. This volume by preeminent scholars in the field examines central aspects of scriptural interpretation as it was practiced at Qumran and discusses their implications for understanding the biblical tradition. While many of the forms of biblical interpretation found in the Scrolls have parallels elsewhere in Jewish literature, other kinds are original to the Scrolls and were unknown prior to the discovery of the caves. These chapters explore examples of biblical interpretation unique to Qumran, including legal exegesis and the Pesher. Readers will also find discussion of such fascinating subjects as the rewritten Bible, views on the creation of humanity, the Pseudo-Ezekiel texts, the pesharim, and the prophet David. Contributors: Moshe J. Bernstein Shani Berrin Monica Brady George J. Brooke John J. Collins Peter W. Flint Matthias Henze Shlomo A. Koyfman Michael Segal James C. VanderKam