The Courtyards of the House of the Lord: Studies on the Temple Scroll

Lawrence H. Schiffman

Brill, 2008 - Religion - 610 pages

Already before its publication, it was clear that the Temple Scroll represented a major contribution to the history of Jewish law in Late Antiquity. The present volume brings together the author's studies on this important scroll. He has sought to uncover the hermeneutics of the Zadokite/Sadducean legal system and to compare and contrast it with other texts of its own type as well as with those in rabbinic literature preserving the Pharisaic-rabbinic approach. Book jacket.

About the author

Lawrence H. Schiffman is the Ethel and Irvin A.Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He is a member of the International team of editors of the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Courtyards of the House of the Lord: Studies on the Temple Scroll; Volume 75 of Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, ISSN 0169-9962
• Author: Lawrence H. Schiffman
• Editor: Florentino García Martínez
• Publisher: Brill, 2008
• ISBN: 9004122559, 9789004122550
• Length: 610 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General; Religion / History; Religion / Judaism / Sacred Writings