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The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2010) is a volume edited by Timothy H. Lim and John J. Collins.

Abstract

"In 1947 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the first discovery. That occasion was marked by a spate of major publications that attempted to sum up the state of scholarship at the end of the twentieth century, including The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (OUP 2000). These publications produced an authoritative synthesis to which the majority of scholars in the field subscribed, granted disagreements in detail. A decade or so later, The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls has a different objective and character. It seeks to probe the main disputed issues in the study of the Scrolls. Lively debate continues over the archaeology and history of the site, the nature and identity of the sect, and its relation to the broader world of Second Temple Judaism and to later Jewish and Christian tradition. It is the Handbook's intention here to reflect on diverse opinions and viewpoints, highlight the points of disagreement, and point to promising directions for future research."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Edinburgh [Scotland]: T&T Clark, 2000.

Table of contents

• Current issues in Dead Sea Scrolls research / Timothy H. Lim and John J. Collins

Archaeology of Khirbet Qumran and the Judaean wilderness

• Khirbet Qumran and its environs / Eric M. Meyers
• The Qumran Cemetery reassessed / Rachel Hachlili

The scrolls and Jewish history

• Constructing ancient Judaism from the Scrolls / Martin Goodman
• The origins and history of the teacher's movement / Michael O. Wise
• Women in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Tal Ilan

The Scrolls and sectarianism

• Sectarian communities in the Dead Sea Scrolls / John J. Collins
• The classical sources of the Essenes and the Scrolls communities / Joan E. Taylor
• Sociological approaches to Qumran sectarianism / Jutta Jokiranta
• Qumran calendars and sectarianism / Sacha Stern
• The Book of Enoch and the Qumran Scrolls / James C. VanderKam

The biblical texts, interpretation, and languages of the Scrolls

• Assessing the text-critical theories of the Hebrew Bible after Qumran / Ronald S. Hendel
• Authoritative scriptures and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Timothy H. Lim
• Rewritten scripture / Molly M. Zahn
• The continuity of biblical interpretation in the Qumran Scrolls and Rabbinic literature / Bilhah Nitzan --
• Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in the Qumran Scrolls / Jan Joosten --

Religious themes in the scrolls --

• Purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Jonathan Klawans
• Apocalypticism and Messianism / Michael A. Knibb
• Exploring the mystical background of the Dead Sea Scrolls / James R. Davila
• Wisdom literature and thought in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Armin Lange
• Iranian connections in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Albert De Jong
• Was the Dead Sea Sect a penitential movement? / David Lambert

The scrolls and early Christianity

• Critical issues in the investigation of the Scrolls and the New Testament / Jörg Frey
• Monotheism, principal angels, and the background of Christology / Larry W. Hurtado
• Shared exegetical traditions between the Scrolls and the New Testament / George J. Brooke

The Scrolls and later Judaism

• Halakhah between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic literature / Aaron Shemesh
• The contribution of the Qumran Scrolls to the study of ancient Jewish liturgy / Daniel K. Falk
• Reviewing the links between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah / Stefan C. Reif

New approaches to the Scrolls

• Rhetorical criticism and the reading of the Qumran Scrolls / Carol A. Newsom
• Roland Barthes and the teacher of righteousness : the death of the author of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Maxine L. Grossman
• The Scrolls and the legal definition of authorship / Hector L. MacQueen

External links

Judith Lieu, and Martinus C de Boer (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).

Abstract

"An authoritative handbook on the Johannine literature with contributions from leading specialists in the field. An essential work of reference for students of the New Testament, as well as for those with a more general interest in Biblical literature, while also providing a valuable resource for more advanced readers ... The contribution of the Johannine literature to the development of Christian theology, and particularly to Christology, is uncontested, although careful distinction between the implications of its language, especially that of sonship, in a first century 'Jewish' context and in the subsequent theological controversies of the early Church has been particularly important if not always easily sustained. Recent study has shaken off the weight of subsequent Christian appropriation of Johannine language which has sometimes made readers immune to the ambiguities and challenging tensions in its thought. The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies begins with chapters concentrating on discussions of the background and context of the Johannine literature, leading to the different ways of reading the text, and thence to the primary theological themes within them, before concluding with some discussion of the reception of the Johannine literature in the early church. Inevitably, given their different genres and levels of complexity, some chapters pay most if not all attention to the Gospel, whereas others are more able to give a more substantial place to the letters. All the contributors have themselves made significant contributions to their topic. They have sought to give a balanced introduction to the relevant scholarship and debate, but they have also been able to present the issues from their own perspective. The Handbook will help those less familiar with the Johannine literature to get a sense of the major areas of debate and why the field continues to be one of vibrant and exciting study, and that those who are already part of the conversation will find new insights to enliven their own on-going engagement with these writings."--Publisher description.

Contents

Introduction / Judith M. Lieu, Martinus C. de Boer -- The text of the gospel and letters of John / H.A.G. Houghton -- Literary sources of the Gospel and letters of John / Michael Labahn -- John and other Gospels / Harold W. Attridge -- The story of the Johannine community and its literature / Martinus C. de Boer -- The beloved disciple, the fourth evangelist, and the authorship of the fourth gospel / Tom Thatcher -- The gospel of John and archaeology / Urban C. Von Wahlde -- The Jews of the fourth gospel / Adele Reinhartz -- The Johannine literature in a Greek context / Gitte Buch-Hansen -- The Johannine literature and contemporary Jewish literature / Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer -- The Johannine literature and the Gnostics / Alastair H.B. Logan -- The fourth gospel as narrative and drama / Jo-Ann A. Brant -- Ideological readings of the fourth gospel / Warren Carter -- Gender and the fourth gospel / Colleen Conway -- Social-scientific readings of the gospel and letters of John / Philip F. Esler -- Symbolism and 'signs' in the fourth gospel / Dorothy A. Lee -- Dualism and the world in the gospel and letters of John / Jörg Frey -- Eschatology and time in the gospel of John / Ruben Zimmermann -- The person of Jesus in the Gospel of John / Udo Schnelle -- The purpose of the ministry and death of Jesus in the Gospel of John / Jean Zumstein -- Faith, eternal life, and the Spirit in the Gospel of John / Catrin H. Williams -- Ethics in community in the gospel and letters of John / Jan van der Watt -- Temple, festivals, and Scripture in the Gospel of John / Bruce G. Schuchard -- The Johannine literature and the Canon / Judith M. Lieu -- Johannine commentaries in the early church / William Lamb.

External links

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