Qumran questions : collected essays / by Sidnie White Crawford.
| Author/creator | Crawford, Sidnie White author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf & Stock, [2025] |
| Description | xviii, 175 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Questions of Archaeology : Qumran: caves, scrolls, and buildings -- Qumran cave 4Q: its archaeology and its manuscript collection -- The inscriptional evidence from Qumran and its relationship to the cave 4Q documents -- Economic activity, trade, and manufacture at Qumran, with a special look at the inscriptions and documentary texts -- Questions concerning women : Not according to rule: women, the dead sea scrolls, and Qumran -- Mothers, sisters, and elders: titles for women in second temple Jewish and early Christian communities -- “There is much wisdom in her”:�the matriarchs in the Qumran library -- Traditions about Miriam in the Qumran scrolls -- Lady wisdom and dame folly at Qumran -- The meaning of the phrase x in the temple scrolls. |
| Abstract | In this volume, Crawford collects ten essays written over a twenty-five-year span. The essays explore questions concerning Qumran archaeology (part 1) and the presence or absence of women in the sectarian community and at Qumran itself (part 2). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175). |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Crawford, Sidnie White. Qumran questions. Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2025] 9798385218462 |
| ISBN | 9798385218448 |
| ISBN | 9798385218455 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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