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.
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).
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
All interested in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls within the context of the humanities as a whole.