Historical Perspectives: From the Hasmoneans to Bar Kokhba in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls : Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 27-31 Januaruy, 1999BRILL, 2001 - 201 pages The papers published in this volume were presented at the Fourth Orion International Symposium (Jerusalem, 1999), whose focus was Jewish history in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first section, "History of the Jews and Judaism," is devoted to specific topics in Jewish history, such as historical references in the Scrolls, comparative studies between the Scrolls and Josephus, and issues of Jewish nationalism. The second section, "Community and Covenant," comprises studies of community, Jewish law, and the concept of covenant. The third section, "Natural Sciences and the Scrolls," reports on examinations of DNA preserved in leather used for the Scrolls, of dust found in jars from Qumran, of the nature of the stitching of the Scrolls, and of the composition of the pottery found at Qumran. |
Contents
Judean Nationalism in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls | 3 |
The Kittim in the War Scroll and in the Pesharim | 29 |
Epiphanes in Jerusalem | 45 |
New Insights | 57 |
Descriptions of the Jerusalem Temple in Josephus | 69 |
The Concept of the Covenant in Qumran Literature | 85 |
Qumran | 105 |
Communal Fasts in the Judean Desert Scrolls | 127 |
The Community of Goods among the First Christians | 147 |
The Genetic Signature of the Dead Sea Scrolls | 165 |
Analysis of Microscopic Material and the Stitching of | 173 |
How Neutron Activation Analysis Can Assist Research | 179 |
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