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Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period

by Pieter Hartog

  • Hardback
  • 380 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.3 x 24.2 x 2.8 cm

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For students of early biblical interpretation.

Compares Jewish scrolls with classical texts.

Helps you understand ancient writing traditions.

Discover how ancient Jewish and classical commentary traditions shaped early scriptural interpretation.

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In Pesher and Hypomnema Pieter B. Hartog compares ancient Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Bible with papyrus commentaries on the Iliad. Hartog shows that members of the movement which produced and preserved the Dead Sea Scrolls adopted classical commentary writing and adapted it to their own needs. The connection between the Qumran Pesharim and Hypomnemata on the Iliad resulted from exchanges of scholarly knowledge across Hellenistic-Roman Egypt and Palestine. Analysing the effects of these knowledge exchanges, Pesher and Hypomnema demonstrates that members of the Qumran movement were thoroughly embedded within their Hellenistic and Roman environment.

  • Title

    Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period

  • Author

    Pieter Hartog

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    November 2017

  • Weight

    750g

  • Page Count

    380

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 24.2 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004353541

  • ISBN-10

    9004353542

  • Eden Code

    4709090