Northern Lights on the Dead Sea Scrolls : Proceedings of the Nordic Qumran Network 2003-2006 /

This book originates from a series of conferences held by the Nordic Qumran Network, established 2003. The volume includes some of the best contributions presented at the four symposia held in Helsinki 2003, Oslo 2004, Jerusalem 2005, and Copenhagen 2006.

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Other Authors: Petersen, Anders Klostergaard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 80.
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Table of Contents:
  • From Bible to midrash : approaches to biblical interpretation in the Dead Sea scrolls by modern interpreters / George J. Brooke
  • Anatomy of a scene : Noah's covenant in Genesis Apocryphon XI / Daniel K. Falk
  • The dream visions in the Noah story of the Genesis Apocryphon and related texts / Esther Eshel
  • Selection, election, and rejection : interpretation of Genesis in 4Q252 / Juhana Markus Saukkonen
  • Geography and ideology in the Copper Scroll (3Q15) from Qumran / Jesper Høgenhaven
  • The two historical layers of Pesher Habakkuk / Hanan Eshel
  • Who are the "fools" in 4QNarrative and Poetic Composition[superscript a-c]? / Magnar Kartveit
  • The question of scribal exegesis at Qumran / Jonathan Norton
  • Reading the human body and discerning zodiacal spirits : a proposal for the use of physiognomics in the Dead Sea scrolls / Mladen Popović
  • A brotherhood at Qumran? Metaphorical familial language in the Dead Sea scrolls / Jutta Jokiranta and Cecilia Wassen
  • The reconstruction of 4QMMT : a methodological critique / Ian Werrett
  • 4QMMT : some new readings / Hanne von Weissenberg
  • How to reconstruct a fragmented scroll : the puzzle of 4Q422 / Torleif Elgvin
  • A villain and the VIPs : Josephus on Judas the Galilean and the Essenes / Gunnar Haaland
  • The songs of the sabbath sacrifice and the heavenly scene of the book of Revelation / Håkan Ulfgard.