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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466665503321

Autore

Brooke George J.

Titolo

The dead sea scrolls and German scholarship : thoughts of an englishman abroad / / George J. Brooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : De Gruyter, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-11-059364-5

3-11-059732-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 pages)

Collana

Julius-wellhausen-vorlesung ; ; 6

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Grußworte anlässlich des Festakts zum 10-jährigen Bestehen des CORO -- Grußworte anlässlich des Festakts zum 10-jährigen Bestehen des CORO / Beisiegel, Ulrike -- Grußworte anlässlich des Festakts zum 10-jährigen Bestehen des CORO / Scheer, Tanja S. -- Einführung / Kratz, Reinhard -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and German Scholarship: Thoughts of an Englishman Abroad / Brooke, George J. -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This booklet is a fresh consideration of German-speaking scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls; it divides the scholarship into two phases corresponding with pre- and post 1989 Germany. In the first phase the dominant place given to how the scrolls inform the context of Jesus is analyzed as one of several means through which the study of Judaism was revitalized in post-war Germany. Overall it is argued that the study of the Scrolls has been part of the broader German tradition of the study of antiquity, rather than simply a matter of Biblical Studies. In addition the booklet stresses the many very fine German contributions to the provision of study resources, to the masterly techniques of manuscript reconstruction, to the analysis of the scrolls in relation to the New Testament and Early Judaism, and to the popularization of scholarship for a thirsty public. It concludes that German scholarship has had much that is distinctive in its study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.