Challenges to Conventional Opinions on Qumran and Enoch Issues
Dec 2011 · BRILL
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Some literary expressions in the Dead Sea Scrolls led scholars to allege that their authors professed a dualistic and deterministic worldview of Zoroastrian origin and that the omission of Moses and Sinai from the Enoch writings evinces that a segment in Jewish society marginalized the Torah, adopting Enoch’s prophecies as its ethical guideline. This study challenges these allegations as utterly conflicting with essential biblical doctrines and the unequivocal beliefs and expectations of Qumran’s Torah-centered society, arguing that scholars’ allegations are erroneously based on interpreting ancient texts with a modern mindset and influenced by the interpreter’s personal cultural background. The study interprets the relevant texts in a manner compatible with the presumed doctrines of ancient Jewish authors and readers.
Some literary expressions in the Dead Sea Scrolls led scholars to allege that their authors professed a dualistic and deterministic worldview of Zoroastrian origin and that the omission of Moses and Sinai from the Enoch writings evinces that a segment in Jewish society marginalized the Torah, ado...
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Paul Heger, PhD (Toronto, 1996), is the author of Development of the Incense Cult in Israel (1997), Three Biblical Altar Laws (1999), and Pluralistic Halakhah (2003) (de Gruyter), Cult as the Catalyst for Division (2007, Brill), and numerous journal articles.
Paul Heger, PhD (Toronto, 1996), is the author of Development of the Incense Cult in Israel (1997), Three Biblical Altar Laws (1999), and Pluralistic Halakhah (2003) (de Gruyter), Cult as the Catalyst for Division (2007, Brill), and numerous journal articles.
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