Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008

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• Defining Identities: We, You, and the Other in the Dead Sea Scrolls

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: M. Popović; F. García Martínez
  • Editors Florentino García Martínez; Mladen Popović
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  • This selection of papers read at the 5th meeting of the IOQS offers the explorations of the forming and defining of the identities of the group or groups behind the Dead Sea Scrolls by the foremost specialists in the field.

• The Despoliation of Egypt

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: J.S. Allen
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  • This work examines how Jews defended themselves against anti-Jewish slander concerning the biblical despoliation of Egypt. The embarrassment of the episode was later 'healed' through allegory and became a critically important biblical justification for the Christian appropriation of the Greco-Roman cultural heritage.