Conquering the world : the War Scroll (1QM) reconsidered /
Presents an examination of the War Scroll (1QM) that suggests that it is a Hellenistic composition describing an eschatological, two-stage, conquest of the world, subsequently updated in order to fit the historical realities faced by the Qumran sectarians under Roman rule.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ;
v. 76. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Abbreviations and Sigla; List of Tables and Plates; Introduction; Chapter One The War Texts: Discovery and Identification; Chapter Two Outlining the War Scroll; Chapter Three The War in Column 1; 1. The Problem: an Apparent Lack of Coherence in the War Scroll; 2. The Problem of Reconstructing 1QM 1:3-6; 3. The Historical Setting of the War: a Dependence upon Daniel 11:40-12:3; 4. The Participants in the War; 5. The Kittim; 6. The Geography of the War; 7. Summary; Chapter Four The War in Column 2; Chapter Five The War in Columns 3-19.