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Translated by Azzan Yadin
Foreword by David Bivin David Flusser was a very prolific scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and his contributions to Scrolls research, apocalypticism, and apocalyptic literature are inestimable. With this English translation of many of his essays, Flusser's insights are now available to a wider audience than ever before. Here Flusser examines the influence of apocalypticism on various Jewish sects. He states that the teachings of Jesus, while reflecting first and foremost the views of the sages, were also influenced by Jewish apocalypticism. Examining the Essenes, their effect on Hebrew language, the split of sects, and much more, Flusser's collected essays offer an important source of study for any Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
Author: David Flusser
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 370
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780802882479
ISBN10: 0802882471
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | History
- Religion | Biblical Studies | General
Foreword by David Bivin David Flusser was a very prolific scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and his contributions to Scrolls research, apocalypticism, and apocalyptic literature are inestimable. With this English translation of many of his essays, Flusser's insights are now available to a wider audience than ever before. Here Flusser examines the influence of apocalypticism on various Jewish sects. He states that the teachings of Jesus, while reflecting first and foremost the views of the sages, were also influenced by Jewish apocalypticism. Examining the Essenes, their effect on Hebrew language, the split of sects, and much more, Flusser's collected essays offer an important source of study for any Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
Author: David Flusser
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 370
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780802882479
ISBN10: 0802882471
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | History
- Religion | Biblical Studies | General
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