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• catalog abstract "Because the Dead Sea Scrolls include the earliest known manuscripts of the Bible as well as Jewish documents composed just after the Hebrew biblical period, they contain a gold mine of information about the history of Judaism and the early roots and background of Christianity. Schiffman refocuses the controversy from who controls access to the Scrolls today to what the Scrolls tell us about the past. He challenges the prevailing notion of earlier Scrolls scholars that the Dead Sea Scrolls were proto-Christian, demonstrating instead their thorough-going Jewish character and their importance for understanding the history of Judaism. Schiffman shows us that the Scrolls library in the Dead Sea caves was gathered by a breakaway priestly sect that left Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Maccabean revolt. They were angry that their fellow Sadducees in the Temple were content to accommodate themselves to the victorious Hasmonaean rulers who had embraced the views of the Pharisees - forerunners of the talmudic rabbis. This loyal opposition, a band of pious Sadducee priests, retreated to the desert, taking up residence at Qumran. From this group, the Dead Sea sect developed. In addition to its own writings, the sect gathered the texts of related groups, placing them in its library along with numerous biblical and apocryphal texts. Those other works, some previously known, others unknown, were preserved here in the original Hebrew or Aramaic. Numerous prayer texts, either from the Dead Sea sect or other Jewish groups, were also preserved. Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls puts into perspective the triumph of rabbinic Judaism after the Jewish military defeat by Rome. Finally, Schiffman maintains that a true understanding of the Scrolls can improve relations between today's Jewish and Christian communities. --From publisher's description.".
• catalog contributor b6782038.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "Because the Dead Sea Scrolls include the earliest known manuscripts of the Bible as well as Jewish documents composed just after the Hebrew biblical period, they contain a gold mine of information about the history of Judaism and the early roots and background of Christianity. Schiffman refocuses the controversy from who controls access to the Scrolls today to what the Scrolls tell us about the past. He challenges the prevailing notion of earlier Scrolls scholars that the Dead Sea Scrolls were proto-Christian, demonstrating instead their thorough-going Jewish character and their importance for understanding the history of Judaism. Schiffman shows us that the Scrolls library in the Dead Sea caves was gathered by a breakaway priestly sect that left Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Maccabean revolt. They were angry that their fellow Sadducees in the Temple were content to accommodate themselves to the victorious Hasmonaean rulers who had embraced the views of the Pharisees - forerunners of the talmudic rabbis. This loyal opposition, a band of pious Sadducee priests, retreated to the desert, taking up residence at Qumran. From this group, the Dead Sea sect developed. In addition to its own writings, the sect gathered the texts of related groups, placing them in its library along with numerous biblical and apocryphal texts. Those other works, some previously known, others unknown, were preserved here in the original Hebrew or Aramaic. Numerous prayer texts, either from the Dead Sea sect or other Jewish groups, were also preserved. Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls puts into perspective the triumph of rabbinic Judaism after the Jewish military defeat by Rome. Finally, Schiffman maintains that a true understanding of the Scrolls can improve relations between today's Jewish and Christian communities. --From publisher's description.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-511) and index.".
• catalog description "pt. I. Discovery and disclosure: liberating the scrolls -- 1. Shepherds and scholars: secrets of the caves -- 2. Scholars, scrolls, and scandals -- 3. The archaeology of Qumran -- pt. II. The community at Qumran -- 4. Judaism, Hellenism, and Sectarianism -- 5. Origins and early history -- 6. The Character of the community -- 7. Leadership -- 8. Women in the scrolls -- 9. Faith and belief -- pt. III. Closing the canon: Biblical texts and interpretation -- 10. Bible, canon, and text -- 11. Apocryphal literature -- 12. Wisdom and the mysteries of creation -- 13. Biblical interpretation -- 14. The prophets in the hands of men -- pt. IV. To live as a Jew -- 15. The theology of Jewish law -- 16. The enigma of the Temple Scroll -- 17. The law of the sect -- 18. Prayer and ritual -- pt. V. Mysticism, Messianism, and the end of days -- 19. The Messianic idea -- 20. The community at the end of days -- 21. The 'pierced Messiah' and other controversial texts -- 22. Mysticism and magic -- pt. VI. Sectarianism, nationalism, and consensus -- 23. Israel and the nations -- 24. Jerusalem, the Holy City -- 25. The decline of sectarianism and the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.".
• catalog extent "xxvii, 529 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls.".
• catalog identifier "0827605307".
• catalog isFormatOf "Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society,".
• catalog relation "Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls.".
• catalog subject "296.1/55 20".
• catalog subject "BM487 .S3128 1994".
• catalog subject "Dead Sea scrolls Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
• catalog subject "Qumran community.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Discovery and disclosure: liberating the scrolls -- 1. Shepherds and scholars: secrets of the caves -- 2. Scholars, scrolls, and scandals -- 3. The archaeology of Qumran -- pt. II. The community at Qumran -- 4. Judaism, Hellenism, and Sectarianism -- 5. Origins and early history -- 6. The Character of the community -- 7. Leadership -- 8. Women in the scrolls -- 9. Faith and belief -- pt. III. Closing the canon: Biblical texts and interpretation -- 10. Bible, canon, and text -- 11. Apocryphal literature -- 12. Wisdom and the mysteries of creation -- 13. Biblical interpretation -- 14. The prophets in the hands of men -- pt. IV. To live as a Jew -- 15. The theology of Jewish law -- 16. The enigma of the Temple Scroll -- 17. The law of the sect -- 18. Prayer and ritual -- pt. V. Mysticism, Messianism, and the end of days -- 19. The Messianic idea -- 20. The community at the end of days -- 21. The 'pierced Messiah' and other controversial texts -- 22. Mysticism and magic -- pt. VI. Sectarianism, nationalism, and consensus -- 23. Israel and the nations -- 24. Jerusalem, the Holy City -- 25. The decline of sectarianism and the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.".
• catalog title "Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls : the history of Judaism, the background of Christianity, the lost library of Qumran / Lawrence H. Schiffman ; with a foreword by Chaim Potok.".
• catalog type "text".