Reading the Present in the Qumran Library
Subtitle: The Perception of the Contemporary by Means of Scriptural Interpretations (SBL - Symposium, 30) (Symposium Series (Brill Academic Publishers))
Contributors: Armin Lange (Editor); Kristin De Troyer (Editor); Katie M. Goetz (Editor); Susan Bond (Editor); Kristin De Troyer (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9789004137615
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Judaism; O.T.; Bible.; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; History; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament; Dead Sea scrolls; Contemporary, The; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
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.