George Brooke
The University of Manchester, Religions and Theology, Faculty Member
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This chapter highlights some aspects of the discussion of New Testament ethics by focusing on a set of Jewish texts by way of comparison. The compositions from the Qumran caves are close in time and place to at least some of what is to be... more
This chapter highlights some aspects of the discussion of New Testament ethics by focusing on a set of Jewish texts by way of comparison. The compositions from the Qumran caves are close in time and place to at least some of what is to be found in the New Testament. In the chapter several aspects of the comparison are implied rather than made explicit. The purpose is to raise some general issues that need to be considered when attention is given to the behavioural norms and daily practices of a relatively small, but seemingly coherent group of people who deposited the scrolls in the caves. The chapter ends with some reflections on what New Testament scholars might try to make of the ethics in the Qumran scrolls. Keywords:Jewish; New Testament ethics; New Testament scholars; Qumran Scrolls
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This volume, which contains the papers from a conference in Copenhagen in June 2009 on the texts from DJD V, represents the ongoing work on the re-edition of these texts, and reflects the development in approaches and viewpoints since the... more
This volume, which contains the papers from a conference in Copenhagen in June 2009 on the texts from DJD V, represents the ongoing work on the re-edition of these texts, and reflects the development in approaches and viewpoints since the texts were first published (1968).
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Research Interests: Philology, History, Literature, Hebrew Bible, Judaism, and 3 moreHebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Dead Sea
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Juxtaposing the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament typically occurs in terms of three approaches. The first is to assert the overwhelmingly common character of the two corpora, and in so doing, inappropriately to make Matthew a Qumran... more
Juxtaposing the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament typically occurs in terms of three approaches. The first is to assert the overwhelmingly common character of the two corpora, and in so doing, inappropriately to make Matthew a Qumran scribe of some sort, perhaps an Essene with an open mind. The second is to pronounce that the two bodies of literature have really little or nothing to do with each other. The third approach is to argue that neither Jesus nor Matthew was an Essene, nor had either ever been a member of the Qumran community, but that they are of the same period as the Scrolls, and near enough geographically, ethnically, and religiously to the community, so that both the similarities and the differences are to be considered within a framework that might show the perspectives to be mutually illuminating. Keywords:Dead Sea Scrolls; Jesus; Matthew; New Testament; Qumran scribe
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George J. Brooke, Scripture and Scriptural Tradition in Transmission: Light from the Dead Sea Scrolls Jonathan G. Campbell, Josephus' Twenty-two Book Canon and the Qumran Scrolls Corrado Martone, All the Bibles We Need: The Impact of... more
George J. Brooke, Scripture and Scriptural Tradition in Transmission: Light from the Dead Sea Scrolls Jonathan G. Campbell, Josephus' Twenty-two Book Canon and the Qumran Scrolls Corrado Martone, All the Bibles We Need: The Impact of the Qumran Evidence on Biblical Lower Criticism John Elwolde, The Hodayot's use of the Psalter: text-critical contributions (Book 4: Pss. 90-106) Hans Debel, Editions, Reworkings, and the Continuity of Tradition: Some Experimental Considerations on the Genesis Apocryphon Michael J. Lesley, Exegetical Wiles 4Q184 as Scriptural Interpretation Mika S. Pajunen, The Prayer of Manasseh in 4Q381 and the Account of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33 Bilhah Nitzan, 4Q470 In Light of the Tradition of the Renewal of the Covenant Between God and Israel Hannah Harrington, How Does Intermarriage Defile the Sanctuary? Gudrun Holtz, Temple and Purification Rituals: From Torah to the Dead Sea Scrolls Albert L. A. Hogeterp, Relations to Gentiles in the Damascus Document and Biblical Tradition John Kampen, "Torah" and Authority in the Major Sectarian Rules Texts from Qumran
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This chapter puts together several physical and scribal features that have been observed in particular about the Cave 4 Isaiah Pesharim , Pesher Nahum and Pesher Psalms to see where the discussion has reached concerning how the choice of... more
This chapter puts together several physical and scribal features that have been observed in particular about the Cave 4 Isaiah Pesharim , Pesher Nahum and Pesher Psalms to see where the discussion has reached concerning how the choice of manuscript and the scribal presentation of the texts indicate how the compositions in these manuscripts might have been conceptualised by those responsible for producing or reproducing them and, in some small way, how they might have been used and received. Some reference will also be made to Pesher Habakkuk from Cave 1, since it is the most complete of all the so-called continuous pesharim and can act in some ways as a control over observations made about the more fragmentary Cave 4 examples. Keywords: cave 4; Isaiah Pesharim ; Pesher Habakkuk ; Pesher Nahum ; Pesher Psalms ; scribal features
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Información del libro Los Rollos del Mar Muerto y su mundo.
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New in paperback, this is a fully illustrated volume on the discovery, meaning and significance of all the "Dead Sea Scrolls" by acknowledged experts in the field. Offering intriguing historical and religious insights into the... more
New in paperback, this is a fully illustrated volume on the discovery, meaning and significance of all the "Dead Sea Scrolls" by acknowledged experts in the field. Offering intriguing historical and religious insights into the period of authorship, from Babylon to Bar Kokhba, and expert interpretation of the manuscripts using palaeography, Carbon-14 dating and computer reconstructions, the book also includes factfiles, tables, reconstructions, scroll photographs and a guide to where to see the scrolls today.
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This index presents a list of primary texts from Mesopotamian texts, Jewish texts, Qumran texts, and Greek and Latin texts that are mentioned in the book titled The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in... more
This index presents a list of primary texts from Mesopotamian texts, Jewish texts, Qumran texts, and Greek and Latin texts that are mentioned in the book titled The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in Judaism and Christianity. The book provides glimpses of how in antiquity and more recently some Jews and Christians sought to rewrite or even replace the moment of Sinai with other important moments of revelation and communication with the divine. The content of the revelation, especially the significance of covenant, was rethought and reworked in philosophical, political, and theological ways. Several of the studies in the book represent some of the various ways in which these modifications of the tradition represent competing claims to Sinai in antiquity.Keywords: Jewish texts; Mesopotamian texts; Qumran texts
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In this volume in honor of Moshe J. Bernstein, students and colleagues offer their latest research on scriptural interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other literature, and on related themes.
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The collection as a whole cannot but sensitize the reader to the multiple issues at stake whenever an ancient text is read. Such sensitivity is certainly a necessary part of the skill set required by readers and users of sacred texts and... more
The collection as a whole cannot but sensitize the reader to the multiple issues at stake whenever an ancient text is read. Such sensitivity is certainly a necessary part of the skill set required by readers and users of sacred texts and it is salutary that even experienced interpreters of such texts are not always explicit or honest about their presuppositions. Several of the contributions here read as having a rather negative agenda, mostly exposing the assumptions of others. But on a more positive note, just how should ancient sacred texts be read and used? Of course, there is no one straightforward answer to that question, but it would be helpful to know from the contributors what criteria might be offered for a ‘good’ reading, even if those were only that all readers should always be as honest as possible about what motivates them, that they should be concerned with difficult details in texts as much as with general principles to be derived from them, and that they should be rigorous in indicating differences as well as similarities between antiquity and the modern world.