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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Types
- Continuous
- Thematic
- Historic individuals
- Themes
- ''Pesharim'' found at Qumran
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|300px| Pesher Habakkuk
Pesher (; , pl. pesharim), from the Hebrew root meaning "interpretation," is a group of interpretive commentaries on scripture. These commentaries became known from the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The texts give a theory of scriptural interpretation of a number of biblical texts from the Hebrew Bible, such as Habakkuk and Psalms.
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