Chapter Multilingualism, Multiscripturalism, and Knowledge Transfer in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Graeco-Roman Judaea

• Main Author: Popović, Mladen (auth, Editor)
• Other Authors: Roig Lanzillotta, Lautaro (Editor), Wilde, Clare (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Series: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation 10
• Subjects: General studies; Religion & beliefs; Comparative religion; Christian social thought & activity; Jewish studies; Islamic studies; Cuneiform; Judaism; Christianity; Islam
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

How did ancient communities approach the concept of religious knowledge? Was it something to be shared with all, or was it the provenance of certain initiates? This volume of collected essays illustrates a range of approaches to this dilemma, from ancient Babylon, Judaism (Dead Sea scrolls, Book of...