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The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 143
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.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
1 Beyond the Limits of Wisdom
1 Rethinking Categories
2 The Sectarian Divide
2 Redefining the Sage
1 mēbîn
2 maśkîl
3 ḥākām
4 Conclusion
3 Continuous Study
1 By Day and by Night
2 Keeping Watch
3 Celestial Beings
4 Conclusion
4 The Dynamics of Revelation
1 The Body and Evil Forces
2 The Fleshly Spirit
3 Heavenly Light
4 Conclusion
5 Rāz Nihyeh
1 Turning to the Past
2 The Divisions of the Times
3 Divine Thinking
4 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Subject Index
Preface
Abbreviations
1 Beyond the Limits of Wisdom
1 Rethinking Categories
2 The Sectarian Divide
2 Redefining the Sage
1 mēbîn
2 maśkîl
3 ḥākām
4 Conclusion
3 Continuous Study
1 By Day and by Night
2 Keeping Watch
3 Celestial Beings
4 Conclusion
4 The Dynamics of Revelation
1 The Body and Evil Forces
2 The Fleshly Spirit
3 Heavenly Light
4 Conclusion
5 Rāz Nihyeh
1 Turning to the Past
2 The Divisions of the Times
3 Divine Thinking
4 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Subject Index
Faculties and departments of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Hebrew Language and Culture, Theology, Religion, Divinity, Biblical Studies, Manuscript Studies, academic libraries, biblical seminaries