Reading the Present in the Qumran Library
Subtitle: The Perception of the Contemporary by Means of Scriptural Interpretations (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical ... Series (Society of Biblical Literature))
Contributors: Kristin De Troyer (Editor); Armin Lange (Editor)
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: October 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781589831506
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Dead Sea scrolls; Bible.; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; O.T.; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament; Contemporary, The
First sentence: The pesharim are a group of texts within the Qumran library that explicitly cite the Scriptures and interpret them with the technical term "pesher" introducing the interpretation.