A Review by Kenneth Atkinson of Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning, by Kenneth Silver

Authors

Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Review

Publication Version

Published Version

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Qumran Chronicle

Volume

25

Issue

1-4

First Page

117

Last Page

120

Abstract

Kenneth Silver (a.k.a. Kenneth A. K. Lönnqvist), is a historian and professional archaeologist, who has lived and worked for decades in the Near East. With extensive publications on Hellenistic and Roman archaeology, history, and numismatics, Silver is the director of a survey and mapping project in Northern Mesopotamia studying the border zone between the late Roman/ Byzantine Empires and Persia. Author of numerous publications on Qumran and related topics, Silver’s lengthy monograph proposes that the documents and type of library found at Qumran were based on models derived from Egypt. The main thesis of the volume is that Pythagorean philosophy is the core and basis for the beliefs reflected in the non-Biblical texts found at Qumran.

Department

Department of History

Original Publication Date

12-2019

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2019 Enigma Press. Permission to post the article to the institutional repository granted by the publisher.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Atkinson, Kenneth, "A Review by Kenneth Atkinson of Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning, by Kenneth Silver" (2019). Faculty Publications. 5542.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5542