Qumran between the Old and New Testaments / [manuscript] / [edited by] Frederick H. Cryer and Thomas L. Thompson. - Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998. - 398 p. ; 24 cm. - Journal for the study of the Old Testament supplement series ; 290 Copenhagen international seminar ; 6 .

Papers from a conference held June 19-22, 1995 at Schaefferg|rden.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The genre of 11QMelchizedek / Anders Aschim -- The Essenes in Philo and Josephus / Per Bilde -- The consciousness of belonging to God's covenant and what it entails according to the Damascus document and the community rule / Ellen Juhl Christiansen -- Genesis in Qumran / Frederick H. Cryer -- The mystery to come : early Essene theology of revelation / Torleif Elgvin -- The Isaiah scroll and the composition of the book of Isaiah / Jesper H/ogenhaven -- The spirit in human beings in some Qumran non-biblical texts / Robert W. Kvalvaag -- The understanding of community in the Old Testament and in the Dead Sea scrolls / Niels Peter Lemche -- The history of the Qumran community in the light of recently available texts / Florentino Garc|a Mart|nez -- The use of Old Testament quotations in the Qumran community rule / Sarianna Metso -- Qumran and LXX / Staffan Olofsson -- The archaeology of Khirbet Qumran / Allan Rosengren Petersen -- 4QTestimonia and Bible composition : a Copenhagen Lego hypothesis / Thomas L. Thompson -- The significance of the texts from the Judean desert for the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible : a new synthesis / Emanuel Tov -- The teacher of righteousness, the history of the Qumran community, and our understanding of the Jesus Movement : texts, theories and trajectories / H|kan Ulfgard -- Historiography of Qumran : the sons of Zadok and their enemies / Ben Zion Wacholder.

1850759057 (alk. paper)


Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.


Qumran community--Congresses.

296.155 Qum 1998