Book Summary
Unique in its genre and content, the "War Scroll (1QM)" presents a vision of an impending eschatological war. Although originally interpreted as being the product of a single author from the Qumran Sect, the composition's inconsistencies quickly led to the view that it is in fact an eclectic document with an elaborate compositional history. Yet all such theories were formulated prior to the publication of War Scroll-like texts from "Caves" 4 and 11. A careful re-examination of the War Scroll suggests instead that what began as a primitive and cohesive composition from the Hellenistic period about a two-stage conquest of the world was eventually updated in order to fit the new historical realities faced by the sectarians under Roman rule.
Book Details
| Book Name | Conquering The World: The War Scroll (1qm) Reconsidered |
| Author | Brian Schultz |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers (Mar 2009) |
| ISBN | 9789004168206 |
| Pages | 458 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 9039 |
