The New Jerusalem Scroll from Qumran: A Comprehensive Reconstruction

by Michael Chyutin, Lester L. Grabbe (Editor)

Overview

This study presents the first comprehensive reconstruction of the 'New Jerusalem' Scroll from the Dead Sea, through integration of all the known fragments into a single entity. Secret ceremonies in the temple are discussed; an architectural reconstruction of the elements described in the scroll is presented, accompanied by computerized plans; a consideration of the tradition of planning the ideal city leads to an examination of the use of metrology, mathematics; and a number mysticism in the plan of the 'New Jerusalem'. A comparison is also made with the traditions of building orthogonal cities in Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Holy Land, as manifested in archaeological findings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850756835
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Series:	The Library of Second Temple Studies , #25
Pages:	167
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?