01930nam 2200433 450 991082365630332120170527082829.00-88414-072-5(CKB)4340000000245670(MiAaPQ)EBC5288320(EXLCZ)99434000000024567020180326h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Qumran paradigm a critical evaluation of some foundational hypotheses in the construction of the Qumran sect /Gwynned de LooijerAtlanta, [Georgia] :SBL Prss,2015.©20151 online resource (317 pages)Early Judaism and its literature ;Number 430-88414-071-7 0-88414-073-3 "Gwynned de Looijer reexamines the key hypotheses that have driven scholars' understandings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran, and the textual descriptions of the Essenes. She demonstrates that foundational hypotheses regarding a sect at Qumran have heavily influenced the way the texts found in the surrounding caves are interpreted. De Looijer's approach abandon's those assumptions to illustrate that the Dead Sea Scrolls reflect a wider range of backgrounds reflecting the many diverse forms of Judaism that existed in the Second Temple period"--Provided by publisher.Early Judaism and its literature ;Number 43.Qumran communityJudaismHistoryPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.DQumran community.JudaismHistory296.8/15Looijer Gwynned de1690951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823656303321The Qumran paradigm4066997UNINA