Mediating the Divine

Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15842-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 853 g

Reihe: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

This book is a comprehensive treatment of prophecy and revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It begins by analyzing the re-presentation of the classical prophets and their revelatory experience in an attempt to identify how prophecy and revelation was reconceptualized in the Dead Sea Scrolls in dialogue and in contrast with received biblical models. This work then examines the direct evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls regarding ongoing prophetic activity at Qumran and in related segments of Second Temple Judaism. This study argues that the Dead Sea Scrolls bear witness to a transformed prophetic tradition active at Qumran and in Second Temple Judaism. Topics treated include the relationship of prophecy to scriptural interpretation, wisdom, and law, and eschatological prophecy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jassen, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Alex P. Jassen, Ph.D. (2006) in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, is Assistant Professor of Early Judaism at the University of Minnesota. He specializes in Dead Sea Scrolls, early biblical interpretation, and Jewish law.