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Challenges to Conventional Opinions on Qumran and Enoch Issues

Challenges to Conventional Opinions on Qumran and Enoch Issues

Heger, Paul

Hardcover

Gifts & Stationery GeneralJudaismBible Studies

ISBN10: 9004217223
ISBN13: 9789004217225
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 9 2011
Pages: 418
Weight: 1.80
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.45
Language: English
Some literary expressions in the Dead Sea Scrolls led scholars to allege that their authors professed a dualistic and deterministic worldview of Zoroastrian origin and that the omission of Moses and Sinai from the Enoch writings evinces that a segment in Jewish society marginalized the Torah, adopting Enoch's prophecies as its ethical guideline. This study challenges these allegations as utterly conflicting with essential biblical doctrines and the unequivocal beliefs and expectations of Qumran's Torah-centered society, arguing that scholars' allegations are erroneously based on interpreting ancient texts with a modern mindset and influenced by the interpreter's personal cultural background. The study interprets the relevant texts in a manner compatible with the presumed doctrines of ancient Jewish authors and readers.

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