Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls : an assessment of old and new approaches and methods /

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Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2010.
Description:xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8117209
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Other authors / contributors:Grossman, Maxine L.
ISBN:9780802840097 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802840094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Tools for Our Work
  • When the Evidence Does Not Fit: Method, Theory, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Fragmentary Manuscripts: Illustrated by a Study of 4Q184 (4QWiles of the Wicked Woman)
  • The Linguistic Analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls: More Than (Initially) Meets the Eye
  • The Dynamics of Change in the Computer Imaging of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Inscriptions
  • Methods and Theories in the Archaeology of Qumran
  • Dead Sea Scrolls and the Historiography of Ancient Judaism
  • Counterfactual History and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Methodological Reflections on Determining Scriptural Status in First Century Judaism
  • Sources and Redaction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Growth of Ancient Texts
  • Sociological Models for Understanding the Scribal Practices in the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Rhetorical Criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Of Calendars, Community Rules, and Common Knowledge: Understanding 4QS e -4QOtot, with Help from Ritual Studies
  • Women and Men in the Rule of the Congregation: A Feminist Critical Assessment
  • Social-Scientific Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Essenes, and the Study of Religious Belief: Determinism and Freedom of Choice
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Texts and Manuscripts