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. |
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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 |
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