| Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time Contributor(s): VanderKam, James C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415165148 ISBN-13: 9780415165143 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: "Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls" explores the evidence about the different uses of time-measurement in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts. James C. VanderKam examines the pertinent texts, their sources and the different uses to which people put calendrical information in the Christian world. He argues that the scrolls indicate that a dispute about the correct calendar for dating festivals was one of the principal reasons for the separation of the authors of the scrolls from Jewish society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings |
| Dewey: 296.155 |
| LCCN: 98-15587 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: Dead Sea Scrolls |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.41" W x 8.44" (0.42 lbs) 148 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1997 was the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts. James C. VanderKam examines the pertinent texts, their sources and the different uses to which people put calendrical information in the Christian world. Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls provides a valuable addition to the Dead Sea Scrolls Series and contributes to the elucidation of the scroll texts themselves and their relation to other Biblical texts. |