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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2019
      May 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108681285
      9781108493338
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108681285
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.79kg, 458 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Judaism, Religion
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    The nature and reliability of the ancient sources are among the most important issues in the scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is noteworthy, therefore, that scholars have grown increasingly skeptical about the value of these materials for reconstructing the life of the Teacher of Righteousness. Travis B. Williams' study is designed to address this new perspective and its implications for historical inquiry. He offers an important corrective to popular conceptions of history and memory by introducing memory theory as a means of informing historical investigation. Charting a new methodological course in Dead Sea Scrolls research, Williams reveals that properly representing the past requires an explanation of how the mnemonic evidence found in the relevant sources could have developed from a historical progression that began with the Teacher. His book represents the first attempt in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship to integrate history and memory in a comprehensive way.

    Reviews

    ‘Williams provides a welcome advancement of my own and others’ past work on the Teacher.’

    Jutta Jokiranta Source: Dead Sea Discoveries

    ‘… this more sustained application of memory theory to the scrolls is a welcome undertaking which certainly invites further discussion.’

    Matthew A. Collins Source: Religious Studies Review

    ‘Williams’ introduction of memory theory provides an alternative to historical positivism and pessimism in the study of the Teacher, while opening up new ways of engaging the Scrolls as sources of historical information.’

    Rebecca Harris Source: Revue de Qumrân

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