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Essene Hermeneutic

Beloved Amodeo

I picked up a new resource this evening. The Arrogant Journey: Hermeneutics and Church History by Victor Vadney an interesting fellow. I did some background checking and found that he has authored two other books on Christian topics. But oddly enough he has no professed scholarship in religion. He is a medical doctor.

Now, his book pursues a sweeping coverage of biblical hermeneutics from Adam to the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. I skimmed the resource and to my disappointment he leaves off any coverage of the Essene sect; nearly 280 pages and no apparent mention of the Qumran texts or the Essenes.

So here's my question does anyone know of a scholarly work that gives treatment to the hermeneutic approach of the Essene sect?

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DMB

I'm guessing you're equating Qumran and the Essenes? I only ask since I don't equate the two (rightly or wrongly!).

Concerning the Essenes independent of the Qumran connection, Eerdman's Dictionary of Early Judaism has a good in-depth discussion of the historical sources and handling the discrepencies involved (along with their teachings etc).

logosres:eerddictearjud;hw=Essenes

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/461912#Comment_461912

Thanks DMB,

After some gophering I've discovered that the "Qumran Monastic Community" is thought to employ something referred to as the Pesharim approach in handling interpretation of the scripture. It is this kind of detail I'm fishing for.

-Beloved

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/461914#Comment_461914

http://www.academia.edu/235558/An_Introduction_to_the_Pesharim_of_the_Qumran_Community

http://virtualqumran.huji.ac.il/moreInfo/Pesharim.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesher

should get you started

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/461916#Comment_461916

Thanks so much MJ!

David Ames

I picked up a new resource this evening. The Arrogant Journey: Hermeneutics and Church History by Victor Vadney.

Now, his book pursues a sweeping coverage of biblical hermeneutics from Adam

Interesting start:

"At this point we encounter the first liberal theologian. His name was Satan, and he came in the form of an apparently friendly and amazingly intelligent snake."

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/461935#Comment_461935

we encounter the first liberal theologian. His name was Satan, and he came in the form of an apparently friendly and amazingly intelligent snake."

Yes David,

And wouldn't you know, this author includes an entry for satan in his hermeneutical panorama. I refuse to give him priority in my review of this resource, so I can't as yet tell you what it represents.

I find what the Qumran community does far more interesting.

David Ames

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462146#Comment_462146

.I refuse to give him priority in my review of this resource, so I can't as yet tell you what it represents.

Yes, Satan comes first BUT the author shows how Satan’s stand is wrong. And then shows us how to do it right.

Satan is listed first only because Satan was the first recorded to 'analyze' Scripture [Gen 1: God said! Gen 2: God said! Gen 3: Satan asked is this what God meant?]

Chapter 1: History of Old Testament Hermeneutics

Satan’s Hermeneutic

Enoch’s Hermeneutic

Noah’s Hermeneutic

Abraham’s Hermeneutic

God’s Hermeneutic

Talmudical Hermeneutics

Summary of this Period

Study Questions

The Arrogant Journey: Hermeneutics and Church History, iii

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462205#Comment_462205

Yes, Satan comes first BUT the author shows how Satan’s stand is wrong. And then shows us how to do it right.

You make a very good point. However, in my view he misses an opportunity to give honor to the first hermenteutic, that of God Himself. In the beginning God," His Word must be given primacy and every interpretation must be examined through what He has said.

Now, I use this opportunity to report back on the gleanings from my search for more information on the absence of coverage on the Pesharim approach to biblical interpretation. And it generates a request for a journal or for what they prefer to label themselves a monograph: the Catholic Biblical Quaterly-Monograph Series. They have a work cited in a Logos resource that contains numerous mentions of this hermeneutical approach. Here is the citation logos4:Clippings;title=Pesharim

Thanks so much for your thoughtful input.

-Beloved

David Wilson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462255#Comment_462255

The following may be of interest:

each available individually or as part of a larger colection on the Qumran Scrolls...

enjoy.... [:)]

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462293#Comment_462293

The following may be of interest:

Wow! Thanks David,

The second suggested resource looks particularly useful. Vanderkam is a widely regarded scholar and is extensively published. Thanks again.