The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 143 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah) - Hardcover

F Bakker, Arjen

9789004529748: The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 143 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

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ISBN 10: 9004529748 ISBN 13: 9789004529748

Publisher: Brill, 2023

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This book contributes to the rethinking of the Dead Sea Scrolls as an essential and integral part of Judaism in the Greco-Roman period. The Qumran manuscripts attest to the reconfiguration of Jewish wisdom concepts in this period. Strikingly, reflection on time as the organizing principle behind all of reality is formative for these emerging concepts, which are expressed by the enigmatic phrase rāz nihyeh. The secret of time invites us to venture beyond existing categorizations and explore a rich conceptual framework that is manifested across a wide range of texts, beyond generic categories, and overcoming the sectarian divide.

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About the Author

Arjen Bakker (PhD Leuven 2015) is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Groningen. He has published articles and co-edited volumes on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Wisdom Literature, Enoch, and the history of biblical scholarship.

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