The ancient mathematical basis of the Aramaic calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls is analysed in this investigation. Helen R. Jacobus re-examines an Aramaic zodiac calendar with a thunder divination text (4Q318) and the calendar from the Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208 - 4Q209), …
Jonathan Campbell provides an introduction to eight sectarian manuscripts from among the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls that can loosely be called the 'Exegetical Texts'. He examines their contents, background, genre and significance, and provides a history of the relevant research.
Tradition, transmission, and transformation from Second Temple literature through Judaism and Christianity in…: proceedings of the Thirteenth International Sympo…
by Merkaz Oryon le-Ḥeḳer Megilot Midbar Yehudah ve-ha-Sifrut ha-Ḳerovah Lahen, Jerusalem
fromStudies on the texts of the desert of Judah
"Many types of tradition and interpretation found in later Jewish and Christian writings trace their origins to the Second Temple period, but their transmission and transformation followed different paths within the two religious communities. For example, while Christians often …
Publisher's description: The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most interesting and important archaeological discoveries ever made, and the excavation of the Qumran community itself has provided invaluable information about Judaism and the Jewish world in the last centuries B.C.E. …
Publisher's description: The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most interesting and important archaeological discoveries ever made, and the excavation of the Qumran community itself has provided invaluable information about Judaism and the Jewish world in the last centuries B.C.E. …
