The New Damascus Document

The Midrash on the Eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Reconstruction, Translation and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14108-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 426 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 948 g

Reihe: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a composite form under the title Midrash haTorah haAcharon (MTA), the Midrash of the Eschatological Torah, a title which opens a new window into the understanding of the Jewish literary tradition during the period of the Second Temple, prior to the development of the Talmud and Christianity. Following the composite Hebrew text are a full translation, notes and commentary elucidating the MTA in light of the new evidence provided by these texts and retranslation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wacholder, Ben Zion

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Zion Wacholder, Rabbi (1951) Rabbi Yitzhak Elchanan Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (1960) in Greek Classics and History, UCLA, is Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He has published extensively on the Second Temple Period.