Qumran Cave 4: VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part I

by Harold W. Attridge, Torleif Elgvin, Unknown Qumran

This volume, the latest in this pathbreaking series, contains a collection of compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran, written during the Second Temple Period and linked to the Hebrew Bible through text, characters, themes, or genre. Some were completely unknown before their discovery here. The documents greatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation at this period.

480 pages, Hardcover

First published May 25, 1995

About the author

Harold W. Attridge, Ph.D., is Dean of Yale University Divinity School and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament. He has published many scholarly contributions to New Testament exegesis and to the study of Hellenistic Judaism and the history of the early Church. He also has served as the president of the Society of Biblical Literature.