{"product_id":"jubilees-a-commentary-in-two-volumes-9780800660352","title":"Jubilees: A Commentary in Two Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003eJubilees--so called because of its concern with marking forty-nine-year periods (or \"jubilees\") in Israel's history--is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus from the point of view of an anonymous second-century BCE Jewish author. Its distinctive perspective--as well as its apparent popularity at Qumran--make it particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism. James C. VanderKam, the world's foremost authority on Jubilees, offers a new translation based on his own critical editions of all the available textual evidence, including the Hebrew fragments preserved at Qumran (which he first published in \u003ci\u003eDiscoveries in the Judean Desert\u003c\/i\u003e, vol. 13), as well as the first full running commentary on the book in the English language. \u003ci\u003eJubilees\u003c\/i\u003e approaches the book as a rewriting of scripture but also as a literary work in its own right. The commentary explains the text and the teachings of the author with comprehensive coverage of the modern scholarship devoted to them. The introduction sets the book in its second-century BCE context, traces its sources in the Bible and in other early Jewish texts, and describes its influence on Jewish and Christian writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanderKam, James C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames C. VanderKam\u003c\/b\u003e is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited thirteen volumes in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert and is a member of the editorial committee for the remaining unpublished Dead Sea scrolls. He is one of the two editors in chief of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and author of the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Sea Scrolls Today\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eFrom Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Early Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eFrom Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile\u003c\/i\u003e (Fortress, 2004). Prof. VanderKam is the former editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Biblical Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503835255058,"sku":"9780800660352","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2146ca3-50d0-4e0e-afb3-9a6f66261326.jpg?v=1737219474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jubilees-a-commentary-in-two-volumes-9780800660352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}