The jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran a history of interpretation - Bergsma, John Sietze (Brill, 2007)
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Notre Dame, 2004
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-325) and indexes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE THE JUBILEE AND ITS HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER TWO ANTECEDENTS OF THE JUBILEE LEGISLATION; CHAPTER THREE THE LIFE-SETTING (SITZ-IM-LEBEN) OF THE JUBILEE; CHAPTER FOUR THE JUBILEE AS TEXT: SETTING, STRUCTURE, EXEGESIS OF LEVITICUS 25; CHAPTER FIVE THE JUBILEE IN OTHER PENTATEUCHAL TEXTS; CHAPTER SIX PERTINENT TEXTS IN KINGS AND JEREMIAH; CHAPTER SEVEN THE JUBILEE IN THE LATTER PROPHETS; CHAPTER EIGHT THE JUBILEE IN THE WRITINGS; CHAPTER NINE THE JUBILEE IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE; CHAPTER TEN THE JUBILEE AT QUMRAN.
Beginning with the historical origins of the jubilee in ancient Israel, this book traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee through the "Old Testament", "Second Temple" literature", and "Qumran" documents, demonstrating a tendency toward eschatological re-readings with the passage of time