TY  - BOOK
AU  - Høgenhaven, Jesper
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020//
TI  - Cave 3 copper scroll: a symbolic journey
T3  - Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah 132
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Religion
AB  - In The Cave 3 Copper Scroll: A Symbolic Journey , Jesper Høgenhavn presents a reading of the Copper Scroll as a literary text. For more than 60 years, scholars have debated whether or not the treasures recorded here reflect historical realities. This study argues that the dichotomy between “facts” and “fiction” is inadequate for a proper understanding of the Copper Scroll. The document was designed to convey specific images to its readers, thus staying true to the format of an instruction for retrieving hidden treasures. Yet, the evoked landscape is dense with symbolical associations, and the journey through it reflects deliberate narrative patterns. The scroll was written against the background of the social and political turmoil of Jewish Palestine in the 1st century CE, and reflects contemporary concerns and interests
SN  - 9789004429581
UR  - https://brill.com/abstract/title/57319
UR  - https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9789004428553.pdf
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004429581
DO  - 10.1163/9789004429581
LA  - English
N1  - by Jesper Høgenhaven
ID  - 1726855503
ER  -