Interpretive Circles: The Case of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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2011
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Interpretive Circles: The Case of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6-8, 2008)
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93
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Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
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Roitman, Adolfo D.
Schiffman, Lawrence H.
Tzoref, Shani
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Leiden
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Brill
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649-664
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The central theory dominating Dead Sea Scrolls research ever since its inception, known as the Qumran-Essene hypothesis, asserts that the scrolls belonged to the Essenes, and Qumran was the center of Essene communal life. In my lecture, I discuss how this theory is based on a grand interpretive circle which draws on evidence from three distinct types of sources: the texts of the Scrolls, the archaeological site of Qumran, and the literary writings of three first-century historians, namely Josephus, Philo, and Pliny the Elder. I examine the strength of each of the links in this circle, and raise questions about the strength of the circle as a whole, speculating on the inescapable role of interpretive circles in the human sciences in general.
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25/07/2011
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11 054