Alexandria and Qumran : back to the beginning /: back to the beginning. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth Silver.
• Authors: Silver, Kenneth
• Contents: Preface and Introduction; I Alexandria and Jewish Philosophies; II Pythagorean Philosophy; III Background to the Organisation of the Qumran-Essene Community; IV Qumran and the Pythagorean Philosophy: The Eleven Pythagorean Tetraktys in Comparison with the DSS; V Daily Life and Religion among the Qumran-Essenes; VI The Qumran Sundial and Ancient Solar Thinking; VII Back to the Beginning; VIII Summary; Sources, Bibliography, and Index.
• Publisher Details: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 586 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps
• Subjects: 296.81; Qumran community; Essenes; Jews -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 1500; Alexandria (Egypt) -- Civilization -- To 1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784917296
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 2, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.