Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection

Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection

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<DIV>The rediscovery of Enochic Judaism as an ancient movement of dissent within Second Temple Judaism, a movement centered on neither temple nor torah, is a major achievement of contemporary research. After being marginalized, ancient Enoch texts have reemerged as a significant component of the Dead Sea Scrolls library unearthed at Qumran.<br><br><I>Enoch and Qumran Origins</I> is the first comprehensive treatment of the complex and forgotten relations between the Qumran community and the Jewish group behind the pseudepigraphal literature of Enoch. The contributors demonstrate that the roots of the Qumran community are to be found in the tradition of the Enoch group rather than that of the Jerusalem priesthood.<br><br>Framed by Gabriele Boccaccini's introduction and James Charlesworth's conclusion, this book examines the hypotheses of five particularly eminent scholars, resulting in an engaging and substantive discussion among forty-seven specialists from nine countries. The exceptional array of essays from leading international scholars in Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins makes <I>Enoch and Qumran Origins</I> a sine qua non for serious students of this period.<br><br><B>Contributors:</B>"William Adler<br>Matthias Albani<br>Jeff S. Anderson<br>Albert I. Baumgarten<br>Andreas Bedenbender<br>Stefan Beyerle<br>Gabriele Boccaccini<br> James H. Charlesworth<br>John J. Collins<br>Michael A. Daise<br>James R. Davila<br>Torleif Elgvin<br>Mark A. Elliott<br>Hanan Eshel<br>Peter W. Flint<br>Ida Fröhlich<br>Florentino García Martínez<br>Claudio Gianotto<br>Lester L. Grabbe<br>Ithamar Gruenwald<br>Charlotte Hempel<br>Matthias Henze<br>Martha Himmelfarb<br>Michael A. Knibb<br>Klaus Koch<br>Helge S. Kvanvig<br>Armin Lange<br>Erik W. Larson<br>Timothy H. Lim<br>Corrado Martone<br>George W. E. Nickelsburg<br>Pierluigi Piovanelli<br>Émile Puech<br>Annette Yoshiko Reed<br>John C. Reeves<br>Henry W. Morisada Rietz<br>Paolo Sacchi<br>Lawrence H. Schiffman<br>Loren T. Stuckenbruck<br>David W. Suter<br>Shemaryahu Talmon<br>Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar<br>Patrick Tiller<br>Liliana Rosso Ubigli<br>James C. VanderKam<br>Jacques van Ruiten<br>Benjamin G. Wright III"</DIV>