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A lifetime of scholarship is made readily accessible in this volume. James vanderkam department of theology university of. Amanda mcguire berrien springs, michigan introduction it is widely accepted that the qumran community had an interest in matters pertaining to the calendar, and the proper times to observe feasts. Beginning with textual and historical studies, his years immersed in study of the book of jubilees bears fruit. This guide, following the format of this successful series, gives an introduction to jubilees that covers its dating, its textual history and its. A comparison of the qumran texts with the ethiopic version, performed by james vanderkam, found that the ethiopic was in most respects an.
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