Holy Scripture in the Qumran Commentaries and Pauline Letters

by Timothy H. Lim

Lim examines scriptural interpretations found in the scrolls excavated from the caves of Qumran, arguably the greatest manuscript discovery in Palestine of the twentieth century. What was the ancient interpreters' attitude to the biblical texts? Did they consider them "sacred" in the sense that the words were the inviolable utterances of God? Or did they modify and adapt them for their own purposes? After fifty years of intensive research it must...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019826206X
• ISBN13: 9780198262060
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"