The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Arjen F. Bakker

Brill, 2023 - 184 עמודים

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.

מידע על המחבר

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.

מידע ביבליוגרפי

• כותרת: The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls; כרך 143 מתוך Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, ISSN 0169-9962
• מאת: Arjen F. Bakker
• הוצאה: Brill, 2023
• ISBN: 9004529748, 9789004529748
• אורך: 184 עמודים