The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation

Author:   John Sietze Bergsma
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers
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9786611400262


Pages:   369
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Format:   Electronic book text
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The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation


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The observation of the Jubilee Year 2000 by many Christian groups worldwide generated renewed interest in the theological, historical, and socio-economic aspects of the biblical jubilee. This book begins with an analysis of the historical origins of the jubilee institution in ancient Israel, and then traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee and the text of Leviticus 25 through the Old Testament, the Second Temple literature, and the Qumran documents. It demonstrates that, with the passage of time, the socio-economic implementation of the jubilee is increasingly de-emphasized in favor of an eschatological interpretation, in which the jubilee itself functions as a type of the final age, and cycles of jubilee years are employed to calculate when this age will arrive.

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Author:   John Sietze Bergsma
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN:  

9786611400262


ISBN 10:   6611400265
Pages:   369
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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