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ChapterÂ 11 Geography and Theology: The Shape of the Earth in 1â¯Enoch 18 and Its Cultural Surroundings

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(Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Orion Symposium, February 28âMarch 3, 2022. Published in Honor of Esther G. Chazon

Series:Â Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 157

Cover (Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004755147

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 28 Apr 2026

Subjects
- Biblical Studies
  - Biblical Interpretations
  - Dead Sea Scrolls

Front Matter

Preliminary Material

Preface

Abbreviations

Contributors

In Honor of Esther G.Â Chazon

Publications of Esther G.Â Chazon

Tabula Gratulatoria

ChapterÂ 1 Resistance and Rebellion against the Kittim: Reading Sectarian Texts in Their Roman Context

ChapterÂ 2 The Sectarian Association and Eschatological Israel

ChapterÂ 3 How Anthropomorphic Is the God of the Scrolls?

ChapterÂ 4 Cosmic and Universal Dimensions of Divine Law and Implanted Knowledge of Good and Evil in Second Temple Literature

ChapterÂ 5 Scriptural Texts in Context: The Material Culture of Writing and the Textual Plurality of the Second Temple Period

ChapterÂ 6 A Gulf between Us? The Study of Qumran and Non-Qumran Texts That Rewrite the Bible

ChapterÂ 7 âA Case of Identityâ: The Interpretive Transmission of Isaiah as Witnessed by 4QIsa^g (4Q61)

ChapterÂ 8 The Maskil, the Teacher of Righteousness, and the Development of the Hodayot

ChapterÂ 9 Conceptions of the Collective between the Yaá¸¥ad and the Early Rabbis

ChapterÂ 10 Assessing the Maresha Ostracon as a Paleographic Anchor Point for Dating the Nash Papyrus and Some of the Oldest Qumran Manuscripts

ChapterÂ 11 Geography and Theology: The Shape of the Earth in 1â¯Enoch 18 and Its Cultural Surroundings

ChapterÂ 12 Rewriting the Final Apocalypse of Daniel

ChapterÂ 13 The Book of Enoch: Why the Aramaic Scrolls Matter

Afterwords

ChapterÂ 14 A Response and Some Ways Forward

ChapterÂ 15 The Context of Contexts: Symposium Roundup

Back Matter

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