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Crossing over Sea and Land: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period (review)

Crossing over Sea and Land: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period (review) sectarian communities, but he does not explain the nature of other Jewish groups of the time of the Essenes. Lawrence Schiffman (Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism, Eerdmans, 2010) argues that clues can be found in some of the scrolls related to Pharisaic and Sadducean views. It may be necessary to look at more than the sectarian texts in order to understand the nature of the sectarians. Even if one explains the origins of the sectarian texts within the collection, this does not explain why the present collection contains so much diversity. Collins seems correct when he says that not all the scrolls were written at Qumran. He suggests that they may have been "brought to Qumran for safekeeping from various Essene settlements" (p. 210). If this is true, how can one explain why such a sect would preserve such a variety of texts? Would that not help explain the nature of the sect? Stephen A. Reed Jamestown College Jamestown, ND 58405 reed@jc.edu CROSSING OVER SEA AND LAND: JEWISH MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD. By Michael F. Bird. Pp. xvi + 208. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2010. Paper, $24.95. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Crossing over Sea and Land: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period (review)

Miller, James C.
Hebrew Studies , Volume 51 (1) – Jan 11, 2010
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sectarian communities, but he does not explain the nature of other Jewish groups of the time of the Essenes. Lawrence Schiffman (Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism, Eerdmans, 2010) argues that clues can be found in some of the scrolls related to Pharisaic and Sadducean views. It may be necessary to look at more than the sectarian texts in order to understand the nature of the sectarians. Even if one explains the origins of the sectarian texts within the collection, this does not explain why the present collection contains so much diversity. Collins seems correct when he says that not all the scrolls were written at Qumran. He suggests that they may have been "brought to Qumran for safekeeping from various Essene settlements" (p. 210). If this is true, how can one explain why such a sect would preserve such a variety of texts? Would that not help explain the nature of the sect? Stephen A. Reed Jamestown College Jamestown, ND 58405 reed@jc.edu CROSSING OVER SEA AND LAND: JEWISH MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD. By Michael F. Bird. Pp. xvi + 208. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2010. Paper, $24.95.

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Published: Jan 11, 2010

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