New Directions in Qumran Studies
New Directions in Qumran Studies

New Directions in Qumran Studies

in Library of Second Temple Studies

by William John Lyons, Jonathan G. Campbell, and Lloyd Keith Pietersen

Pages 240
Publisher T&T Clark
Published 3/10/2005
ISBN-13 9780567041319
Fifty years after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls there have been many advances in the field of Qumran Studies. Yet much work remains undone. In particular the study of the scrolls has continued to follow long established historical critical methods while largely failing to incorporate recent advances in literary, ideological and sociological approaches.

The essays collected here are the result of the Bristol Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls held in September 2003. Here, ten scholars working in a diversity of areas demonstrate how these recent advances in scholarship increase our knowledge of the scrolls, their historical context, and their impact on modern critical scholarship. The contributors consider a wide range of approaches, ranging across discussions in sociology, anthropology, literary studies, post-colonialism and ideological criticism. These essays will help to take Qumran Studies forward in new and creative ways.

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