- Archaeology of Ancient Israel, Assyriology, Roman Army, Ancient History, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Josephus, and 8 moreAncient Mediterranean Religions, Qumranic Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies, Abrahamic Religions, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Theologyedit
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The Qumran Institute (University of Groningen) invites applications for a 1 year Postdoc, with possible prolongation of another year.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Old Testament, and 10 moreAncient Mediterranean Religions, Second Temple Judaism, Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Hellenistic Judaism, Ancient Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
ERC and NWO/FWO: 1 Postdoc and 3 PhD positions in Digital Humanities and Dead Sea Scrolls
Deadline: 1 April 2016
Deadline: 1 April 2016
Research Interests: Ancient History, Artificial Intelligence, Human Computer Interaction, Image Processing, Digital Humanities, and 12 moreHebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Pattern Recognition, Old Testament, Paleography, Ancient Near East, Ancient Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
A.K. Harkins and M. Popović, "Editorial Note," pp. 247-248; J.H. Newman, "Embodied Techniques: The Communal Formation of the Maskil's Self," pp. 249-266; D.K. Falk, "Liturgical Progression and the Experience of Transformation in Prayers... more
A.K. Harkins and M. Popović, "Editorial Note," pp. 247-248; J.H. Newman, "Embodied Techniques: The Communal Formation of the Maskil's Self," pp. 249-266; D.K. Falk, "Liturgical Progression and the Experience of Transformation in Prayers from Qumran," pp. 267-284; A.K. Harkins, "The Emotional Re-experiencing of the Hortatory Narratives found in the Admonition of the Damascus Document," pp. 285-307; M.L. Grossman, "Religious Experience and the Discipline of Imagination: Tanya Luhrmann Meets Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls," pp. 308-324; R.A. Werline, "Ritual, Order and the Construction of an Audience in 1 Enoch 1-36," pp. 325-341; M.E. Stone, "Enoch and the Fall of the Angels: Teaching and Status," pp. 342-357.
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Page 1. Reading the Human Body Physiognomies and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism By MLADEN POPOVIC Page 2. Reading the Human Body Page 3. Studies on the Texts of ...
Research Interests: Cultural History, Assyriology, Physiognomy, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), and 19 moreGreco-Roman Science, Ancient Science, Astrology, Early Christianity, Magic, Qumranic Studies, Mesopotamia History, Second Temple Judaism, History of Astrology, History of Religions, Mesopotamian Religions, Rabbinic Literature, History of Physiognomy, Bible, Physiognomics, Magic and Divination in the Ancient World, Qumran, Greco-Roman World, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
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This article focuses on reading culture as an aspect of the Dead Sea Scrolls textual community in its ancient Mediterranean context. On the basis of comparative evidence, the article approaches reading in ancient Judaism as a... more
This article focuses on reading culture as an aspect of the Dead Sea Scrolls textual community in its ancient Mediterranean context. On the basis of comparative evidence, the article approaches reading in ancient Judaism as a multi-dimensional and deeply social activity by taking reading aloud, writing, and memorizing as intertwined practices occurring in group reading events. The evidence discussed, such as from Philo of Alexandria, the first-century CE Theodotus inscription from Jerusalem, and 1QS 6:6–8, reflects certain aspects of reading cultures shared between different Jewish communities in the ancient Mediterranean during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. In addition, it is argued that features such as scribal marks in manuscripts, evidence such as the writing of excerpts, manuscripts such as 4Q159 and 4Q265, or note-taking in 4Q175 and other such manuscripts should be considered within the context of the ancient procedure of reading by intellectual or scholarly readers. Moreover, the article suggests that the Genesis Apocryphon actually preserves a glimpse of the scrolls' elite reading culture described in a text from Hellenistic-period Judaea.
Available for free until 31 December 2017 http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685179-12341447
Available for free until 31 December 2017 http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685179-12341447
Research Interests: Ancient History, Classics, Papyrology, Assyriology, New Testament, and 15 moreHebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Reading, Second Temple Judaism, Philo of Alexandria, Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Josephus, Ancient Judaism, Second Temple Period, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Print Culture, Book History and the History of Reading, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
“Pseudepigraphy and a Scribal Sense of the Past in the Ancient Mediterranean: A Copy of the Book of the Words of the Vision of Amram,” in Is There a Text in This Cave? Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George... more
“Pseudepigraphy and a Scribal Sense of the Past in the Ancient Mediterranean: A Copy of the Book of the Words of the Vision of Amram,” in Is There a Text in This Cave? Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke, ed. Ariel Feldman, Maria Cioată, and Charlotte Hempel, Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 119 (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 308–18
Explanations for the use of the word “copy” in Visions of Amram were offered before, also drawing the concept of pseudepigraphy into the discussion. In this brief article I wish to add to some of these explanations by taking the use of “copy” in Visions of Amram as point of departure in order to rethink the production and transmission of ancient Jewish pseudepigraphic texts within the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern contexts. Here I will focus on a so-called scribal sense of the past and investigate notions of original and copy. This contribution adds the notion of antiquarianism as a scribal sense of the past as an extra feature to take into consideration in recent discussions in the field about pseudepigraphy.
Explanations for the use of the word “copy” in Visions of Amram were offered before, also drawing the concept of pseudepigraphy into the discussion. In this brief article I wish to add to some of these explanations by taking the use of “copy” in Visions of Amram as point of departure in order to rethink the production and transmission of ancient Jewish pseudepigraphic texts within the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern contexts. Here I will focus on a so-called scribal sense of the past and investigate notions of original and copy. This contribution adds the notion of antiquarianism as a scribal sense of the past as an extra feature to take into consideration in recent discussions in the field about pseudepigraphy.
Research Interests: Hebrew Bible, Aramaic, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Qumranic Studies, Old Testament, and 11 moreSecond Temple Judaism, Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Judaism, Second Temple Period, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Mladen Popović, “Ancient Jewish Cultural Encounters and a Case Study on Ezekiel,” in Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern World, ed. Mladen Popović, Myles Schoonover, and Marijn Vandenberghe,... more
Mladen Popović, “Ancient Jewish Cultural Encounters and a Case Study on Ezekiel,” in Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern World, ed. Mladen Popović, Myles Schoonover, and Marijn Vandenberghe, Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 178 (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 1–12
Research Interests: Ancient History, Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Mesopotamia History, Second Temple Judaism, and 12 moreMesopotamian Religions, Ancient Mesopotamian Religions, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Josephus, Cuneiform, Book of Ezekiel, Ancient Judaism, Second Temple Period, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
To understand the historical context of an ancient manuscript, scholars rely on the prior knowledge of writer and date of that document. In this paper, we study the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient manuscripts with immense... more
To understand the historical context of an ancient manuscript, scholars rely on the prior knowledge of writer and date of that document. In this paper, we study the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient manuscripts with immense historical, religious, and linguistic significance, which was discovered in the mid-20th century near the Dead Sea. Most of the manuscripts of this collection have become digitally available only recently and techniques from the pattern recognition field can be applied to revise existing hypotheses on the writers and dates of these scrolls. This paper presents our ongoing work which aims to introduce digital palaeography to the field and generate fresh empirical data by means of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. Challenges in analyzing the Dead Sea Scrolls are highlighted by a pilot experiment identifying the writers using several dedicated features. Finally, we discuss whether to use specifically-designed shape features for writer identification or to use the Deep Learning methods on a relatively limited ancient manuscript collection which is degraded over the course of time and is not labeled, as in the case of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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This article deals with conceptions and definitions of prophecy and prophet, from ancient texts and modern anthropological reports. It looks at the relation between prophecy and divination and how prophets relate to their social... more
This article deals with conceptions and definitions of prophecy and prophet, from ancient texts and modern anthropological reports. It looks at the relation between prophecy and divination and how prophets relate to their social surroundings. The article addresses the notion of textualization of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East and pays particular attention to the notion of the end of prophecy in ancient Jewish traditions and the transformations and continuation of prophecy. Finally the article addresses the failure of prophecies in new religious movements and in ancient Jewish traditions.
Research Interests: New Religious Movements, Theology, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament Prophecy, Spirit Possession (Anthropology), and 7 moreHebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Religious Studies, Prophecy, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", Biblical Prophecy, Cessation of Prophecy, and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
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Research Interests: Persian Literature, Theology, New Testament, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Apocalypticism, and 22 moreDead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Iranian Studies, Early Christianity, Stoicism, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Enoch literature, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Apocalypticism In Literature, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Ancient Theories of Freedom and Determinism, Jewish apocalyptic literature, Ancient Judaism, Qumran, Greco-Roman World, Flavius Josephus, Free will and determinism debate, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: Reception Studies, Theology, Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), and 13 moreEarly Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Book of Ezekiel, Qumran, Greco-Roman World, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
from the 2010 conference, to be published in in ‘And God Breathed into Man the Breath of Life’ – Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2.7): The Development of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity, and Their... more
from the 2010 conference, to be published in in ‘And God Breathed into Man the Breath of Life’ – Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2.7): The Development of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity, and Their Umwelts (ed. J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten and G.H. van Kooten; Themes in Biblical Narrative; Leiden: Brill, forthcoming)
Research Interests: Gnosticism, Near Eastern Archaeology, Theology, New Testament, Literary Criticism, and 35 moreAramaic, Jewish Mysticism, Zoroastrianism, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Early Christianity, Magic, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Mysticism, Demonology, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Sufism, Shi'ism, Rabbinic Literature, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Witchcraft, Religion and Magic, Bible, Second Temple Studies, Ancient Judaism, Ancient magic, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Qumran, Greco-Roman World, Ghulat, Testamentary Literature, Apocalyptic, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Greek and Roman Social History, Graeco-Roman Religion, Visions of Amram, Manicheanism, Shaykhism, Jewish Mysticism/Kababalah, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: Ancient History, Cultural Studies, Jewish Studies, Social Networks, Art, and 62 moreTheology, Literature, History of Science, Physiognomy, Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Greco-Roman Science, Ancient Science, Astrology, Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish History, Science, Enoch literature, Second Temple Judaism, History of Astronomy, History of Astrology, History of Religions, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Deuteronomistic History, Prophets, Dead Sea Scrolls Nag Hammadi Codices, Biblical Archaeology, Rabbinic Literature, History of Physiognomy, Ancient Greek History, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Second Temple Studies, Babylon, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Wisdom Literature, Cuneiform, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion) (Religion), Enoch Seminar, Cuneiform, History and Archaeology of Assyria, Greek ritual, religion, and mythology (especially catasterism myths), ancient astronomy, and religious timekeeping, Ancient Judaism, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Social Context, Paul, Greco-Roman World, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple Judaism, Ot, Pentateuch, Qumran studies, Ancient astrology, Biblical Studies Jewish Calendars, DSS, Second Temple Period, 1 Enoch, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Pauline Letters, Babylonian priesthood, Pseudepigrapha OT, Qumran Manuscripts of 1 Enoch, Jewish Aramaic Literature, Babylonian Scholarship, NT, History of Judaism In Antiquity, and Math
Research Interests: Religion, History, Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and 47 moreNear Eastern Archaeology, Classics, Literacy, Jewish Studies, Library Science, Theology, Papyrology, New Testament, Book History, History of the Book, Refugee Studies, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish History, Manuscript Studies, Paleography, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Biblical Archaeology, Rabbinic Literature, New Testament and Christian Origins, Hebrew Manuscripts, Medieval Jewish History, Books and Libraries in the Ancient World, Bible, Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Ancient Judaism, Qumran, Masada, Greco-Roman World, First Jewish Revolt, Coins, Micrography, Jewish Art, Gamla, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Roman Archaeology, Jewish War 66 73. AD, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Revolution of Shimon Bar Kokhba 132 135, Ancient Judea, Sectarian Literature of Ancient Judah, The Fourth School of Philosophy Zealots, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Astrology, Early Christianity, Magic, and 13 moreDemonology, Second Temple Judaism, History of Astronomy, History of Astrology, History of Religions, Rabbinic Literature, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Witchcraft, Religion and Magic, Bible, Qumran, Jewish Magic, Greco-Roman World, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: New Testament, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, and 20 moreSecond Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Dead Sea Scrolls Nag Hammadi Codices, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Second Temple Studies, Ancient Judaism, History, Science, Astronomy, Ancient Chronological Systems, Calendars, Parting of the Ways, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Judaism, Paul, Greco-Roman World, Ritual Purity, Biblical Studies Jewish Calendars, DSS, Second Temple Period, The Synoptic Gospels, History of Judaism In Antiquity, Conversion In Antiquity, and Ethnicity In Antiquity
Research Interests: Theology, Anthropology of the Body, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Early Christianity, and 12 moreQumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, History of Religions, Dead Sea Scrolls Nag Hammadi Codices, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Ancient Judaism, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman World, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Archaeology, Classics, Roman History, and 39 moreJewish Studies, New Testament, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish History, Greek Epigraphy, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Rabbinics, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Rabbinic Literature, New Testament and Christian Origins, Roman military history, Roman Army, Bible, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Josephus, Ancient Judaism, Ancient Coins, Qumran, Masada, Greco-Roman World, First Jewish Revolt, Coins, Gamla, Roman Archaeology, Jewish War 66 73. AD, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Revolution of Shimon Bar Kokhba 132 135, Ancient Judea, Sectarian Literature of Ancient Judah, The Fourth School of Philosophy Zealots, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Classics, Roman History, Jewish Studies, and 32 moreTheology, Book History, Archaeology of Ancient Israel, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish History, History of Religions, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Roman provincial administration, Rabbinic Literature, Roman Army, Bible, Eastern Roman provinces (Archaeology), Josephus, Qumran, Masada, Greco-Roman World, Coins, Gamla, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Roman Archaeology, Jewish War 66 73. AD, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Revolution of Shimon Bar Kokhba 132 135, Ancient Judea, Sectarian Literature of Ancient Judah, The Fourth School of Philosophy Zealots, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
- “The Emergence of Aramaic and Hebrew Scholarly Texts: Transmission and Translation of Alien Wisdom,” in The Dead Sea Scrolls: Transmission of Traditions and Production of Texts (ed. S. Metso, H. Najman and E. Schuller; Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 92; Leiden: Brill, 2010), 81–114more
Research Interests: Assyriology, New Testament, History of Science, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), and 23 moreGreco-Roman Science, Ancient Science, Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Second Temple Judaism, History of Astronomy, History of Astrology, History of Religions, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Josephus, Ancient Judaism, Parting of the Ways, Qumran, Early Judaism, Paul, Greco-Roman World, Transmission of ancient astral science, Ritual Purity, The Synoptic Gospels, History of Judaism In Antiquity, Conversion In Antiquity, and Ethnicity In Antiquity
Research Interests: Jewish Studies, Theology, Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), and 15 moreEarly Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Biblical Studies, Manuscript Studies, Second Temple Judaism, History Of The Bible/Biblical Canon, History of Religions, Rabbinic Literature, Bible, Second Temple Studies, Book of Ezekiel, Qumran, Greco-Roman World, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
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- “Abraham and the Nations in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exclusivism and Inclusivism in the Texts from Qumran and the Absence of a Reception History for Gen 12:3,” in Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives on Kinship with Abraham (ed. M. Goodman, G.H. van Kooten and J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten; Themes in Biblical Narrative 13; Leiden: Brill, 2010), 77-103more
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Page 170. READING THE HUMAN BODY AND DISCERNING ZODIACAL SPIRITS: A PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF PHYSIOGNOMICS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS1 Mladen Popović A number of texts from the Dead Sea ...
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... Oriental Research, 1955), PI. 23:A115. 18 See de Vaux, Archaeology, 54-55, footnote 1; Farah S. Ma'ayeh, "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Jordan," ADAJ4-5 (1960): 114-16... more
... Oriental Research, 1955), PI. 23:A115. 18 See de Vaux, Archaeology, 54-55, footnote 1; Farah S. Ma'ayeh, "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Jordan," ADAJ4-5 (1960): 114-16 (unfortunately not Page 17. THE COMMUNITY AT ...
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This article reviews the arguments made by Yizhar Hirschfeld in his important book, Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2004).
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