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The New Damascus Document: The Midrash on the Eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Reconstruction, Translation and Commentary, Vol. 56 » (Bilingual)

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Authors: Ben Zion Wacholder
ISBN-13: 9789004141087, ISBN-10: 9004141081
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: November 2006
Edition: Bilingual

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Author Biography: Ben Zion Wacholder

Ben Zion Wacholder, Rabbi (1951) Rabbi Yitzhak Elchanan Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (1960) in Greek Classics and History, UCLA, is Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He has published extensively on the Second Temple Period.

Book Synopsis

This composite edition of the Damascus Document and scrolls from Khirbet Qumran (with translation and commentary) presents a new understanding of the relationship of these texts, time and purpose; shedding additional light on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Introduction1
Ch. 2Text and translation21
Ch. 3Commentary109
Ch. 4Unincorporated fragments369

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