Author : Michael Owen Wise
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Thunder in Gemini by : Michael Owen Wise
Download or read book Thunder in Gemini written by Michael Owen Wise and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six essays, by one of the leading scholars of Aramaic and The Dead Sea Scrolls of his generation, cover a wide range of topics, including the first detailed study of 4Q318, a Brontologion from Qumran, an interpretation of an inscribed sherd from Masada mentioning "Ananias bar Nedebaios," a study of scribal practice and the dating of Qumran documents, a reconsideration of the "miqdash 'adam" of 4QFlorilegium, and an analysis of two calendrical texts from Qumran. These essays lay the foundation for a new understanding of the origin and character of the Scrolls.