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Violence, Power, and Society in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Violence, Power, and Society in the Dead Sea Scrolls - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alex P. JassenPublish date:10/16/2025Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009609081ISBN-10:1009609084UPC:9781009609081Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:JudaismBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC5KG6MEG7

Violence, Power, and Society in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Violence is one of the key themes in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It captured the imagination of the Sectarians who wrote these scrolls, and who saw themselves as victims of persecution. Their vision for the end of days included fantasies of revenge against their enemies. In this volume, Alex P. Jassen explores the intersection of violence and power in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the ancient sectarian...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009609081ISBN-10:1009609084UPC:9781009609081Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:JudaismBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC5KG6MEG7
Jassen, Alex P.: - Alex P. Jassen is Ethel and Irvin Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He is the author of Mediating the Divine: Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism (2007), winner of the 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls (2014).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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