Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity ─ Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Joi

Biblical scholars from Europe and America present 13 studies comparing the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament from the perspectives of canon, prophecy and commentary; communities and their boundaries; the Scrolls and Johannine literature; beliefs and interpretations; and demons and saviors. Among specific topics are prophets and prophecy in the two bodies of texts, tracing the social difference between the two movements, recent perspectives on Johannine dualism and its background, towards a theology of the tabernacle and its furniture, and a re-evaluation of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic traditions. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ruth A. Clements, Th.D (1997), Harvard University Divinity School, is Chief of Publications at the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, and co-author of The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls.Daniel R. Schwartz is a professor of ancient Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on ancient Jewish historiography. His most recent book is the volume on 2 Maccabees in the series Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature.