The jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran : a history of interpretation / / by John Sietze Bergsma.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 115
• Author: Bergsma, John Sietze.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 115.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.

The observation of the Jubilee Year 2000 by many Christian groups worldwide generated renewed interest in the theological, historical, and socio-economic aspects of the biblical jubilee. This book begins with an analysis of the historical origins of the jubilee institution in ancient Israel, and then traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee and the text of Leviticus 25 through the Old Testament, the Second Temple literature, and the Qumran documents. It demonstrates that, with the passage of time, the socio-economic implementation of the jubilee is increasingly de-emphasized in favor of an eschatological interpretation, in which the jubilee itself functions as a type of the final age, and cycles of jubilee years are employed to calculate when this age will arrive.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 1 The Jubilee and its History of Interpretation / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 2 Antecedents of the Jubilee Legislation / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 3 The Life-Setting (Sitz-im-Leben) of the Jubilee / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 4 The Jubilee as Text: Setting, Structure, Exegesis of Leviticus 25 / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 5 The Jubilee in Other Pentateuchal Texts / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 6 Pertinent Texts in Kings and Jeremiah / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 7 The Jubilee in the Latter Prophets / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 8 The Jubilee in the Writings / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 9 The Jubilee in Second Temple Literature / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 10 The Jubilee at Qumran / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 11 Conclusions / John Sietze Bergsma -- Bibliography / John Sietze Bergsma -- Scripture Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Dead Sea Scrolls Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Pseudephigrapha Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Modern Author Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum / John Sietze Bergsma.