Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Qumran Chronicle

Volume

30

Issue

1-4

First Page

1

Last Page

16

Abstract

Periodization, the belief that God has divided history into fixed segments of time, frequently appears in Second Temple Period Jewish literature. It is especially popular in the Qumran texts, whose authors often display an interest in apocalyptic historiography to explain and categorize historical occurrences. The writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls frequently use periodization to uncover and comprehend historical events. These writings often couple this doctrine with apocalyptic eschatology, specifically the use of Scripture to organize history into discrete historical periods to calculate the end of days. The present study briefly highlights periodization in the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of Hellenistic understandings of this concept. It focuses on how the community at Qumran and its precursor movement(s) incorporated periodization from Greco-Roman culture to explain the often traumatic events of their time.

Department

Department of History

Original Publication Date

12-2022

Object Description

1 PDF (16 pages)

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2022 Enigma Press. Permission to post the article to the institutional repository granted by the publisher.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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