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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities explores the use of methods, theories, and approaches from the humanities in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The volume contains ten essays on topics ranging from New Philology and socio-linguistics to post-colonial thinking and theories of myth.

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Author:   Pieter Hartog ,  Alison Schofield ,  Samuel Thomas
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   125
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9789004376168

ISBN 10:   900437616
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   21 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Abbreviations Factual Overview List of Authors  Part 1 Sub-Saharan Africa  Jon Abbink, Victor Adetula, Andreas Mehler and Henning Melber Part 2 African-European Relations  Christine Hackenesch and Niels Keijzer Part 3 West Africa  Victor Adetula Benin  Alexander Stroh Burkina Faso  Daniel Eizenga Cabo Verde  Gerhard Seibert Côte d’Ivoire  Jesper Bjarnesen The Gambia  Alice Bellagamba Ghana  Jennifer C. Boylan Guinea  Anita Schroven Guinea-Bissau  Christoph Kohl Liberia  Franzisca Zanker Mali  Bruce Whitehouse Mauritania  Helena Olsson and Claes Olsson Niger  Klaas van Walraven Nigeria  Heinrich Bergstresser Senegal  Mamadou Bodian Sierra Leone  Krijn Peters Togo  Dirk Kohnert Part 4 Central Africa  Andreas Mehler Cameroon  Fanny Pigeaud Central African Republic  Andreas Mehler Chad  Ketil Fred Hansen Congo  Brett L. Carter Democratic Republic of the Congo  Janosch Kullenberg Equatorial Guinea  Joseph N. Mangarella Gabon  Douglas Yates São Tomé and Príncipe  Gerhard Seibert Part 5 Eastern Africa  Jon Abbink Burundi  Tomas van Acker Comoros  Simon Massey Djibouti  Nicole Hirt Eritrea  Nicole Hirt Ethiopia  Jon Abbink Kenya  Nanjala Nyabola Rwanda  Yolande Bouka Seychelles  Anthoni van Nieuwkerk and Jon Abbink Somalia  Jon Abbink South Sudan  Daniel Large Sudan  Jean-Nicolas Bach and Clément Deshayes Tanzania  Kurt Hirschler and Rolf Hofmeier Uganda  Volker Weyel Part 6 Southern Africa  Henning Melber Angola  Jon Schubert Botswana  David Sebudubudu Lesotho  Roger Southall Madagascar  Richard R. Marcus Malawi  George Dzimbiri and Lewis Dzimbiri Mauritius  Tor Sellström Mozambique  Joseph Hanlon Namibia  Henning Melber South Africa  Sanusha Naidu Swaziland  Marisha Ramdeen Zambia  Edalina Rodrigues Sanches Zimbabwe  Amin Y. Kamete

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Pieter B. Hartog, Ph.D. (2015), is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen. He is the author of Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman World (Leiden, 2017). Alison Schofield, Ph.D. (2006), University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor of Religious and Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. Along with other articles and co-edited volumes, she is the author of From Qumran to the Yahad: A New Paradigm of Textual Development for The Community Rule and serves as co-editor of The Dead Sea Scrolls Editions series. Samuel I. Thomas, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University. He is the author of The ‘Mysteries’ of Qumran: Mystery, Secrecy, and Esotericism in the Dead Sea Scrolls (SBL/Brill, 2009), and a lead editor of A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam (Brill, 2012).

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