Pesharim

Pesharim

by Lim, Timothy H.

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"This book introduces the reader to one of the most important genres of sectarian writing from Qumran: the Pesharim, or biblical commentaries. Timothy Lim systematically discusses the textual characteristics of the quoted biblical verses, the literary genre and its relationship with rabbinic midrash, the characteristics of sectarian exegesis, the nature of the historical allusions, and the common features, whether real or imagined with the New Testament. Taking account of all relevant and recen…

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  • Full title :Pesharim / Timothy H. Lim.

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"This book introduces the reader to one of the most important genres of sectarian writing from Qumran: the Pesharim, or biblical commentaries. Timothy Lim systematically discusses the textual characteristics of the quoted biblical verses, the literary genre and its relationship with rabbinic midrash, the characteristics of sectarian exegesis, the nature of the historical allusions, and the common features, whether real or imagined with the New Testament. Taking account of all relevant and recently published texts and with an annotated bibliography, this is an authoritative guide for the student or the non-specialist scholar."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • Publication Date:©2002.

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  • Description:viii, 106 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1841273252, 9781841273259, 1841272736, 9781841272733
  • oclc:ocm49833739
  • LC Classification:BM487
  • Dewey Decimal:296.155

Table of Contents

Introduction. -- The Continuous Pesharim. -- The Genre of Pesher: Definition and Categorization. -- Biblical Quotations in the Pesharim. -- History in the Pesharim. -- Pesher and the New Testament.

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