Pesharim: Qumran Interpretations of Biblical Books

Horgan, Maurya P. Pesharim: Qumran Interpretations of Biblical Books. Washington D.C.: The Catholic Bible Association of America, 1979. First edition. Large Octavo. ix, 308pp. Original white wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. The present work is a slightly revised version of Horgan’s doctoral dissertation presented to the Department of Theology at Fordham University. “Part I of the body of the work contains the English translation and the notes on the text and translation of each of the fifteen texts that have been identified with certainty as Pesharim… In Part II, the description of the literary genre,the chief characteristics of the Pesharim are summarized, with observations on the word peser, the structure of the texts, the formulaic expressions used to introduce the lemmas and the interpretations, the mode of interpretation, and the content of the interpretation-sections. Finally, the Pesharim are compared with some other interpretative writings.” (Introduction). Contains appendix, bibliography and index at rear. Wraps with sunning of front cover and spine, some silverfish traces on front cover. Some markings and notes in pencil. Wraps in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g- to g+. Softcover. (48105) $95