Pesherist
/ˈpɛʃərɪst/noun
A scholar or interpreter who studies or produces pesher-style interpretations, especially of biblical or sectarian texts.
Did you know?The pesher method found in the Dead Sea Scrolls treated ancient biblical passages as secret prophecies fulfilled by contemporary people and events.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
פֵּשֶׁר (pesher)
“Interpretation, explanation, or solution to something obscure”
Second Temple Judaism
Hebrew
pesharim
“Interpretations, especially running commentaries applying scripture to current events”
20th Century
English
pesher
“A scholarly term for a type of ancient Jewish commentary discovered notably among the Dead Sea Scrolls”
20th Century
English
pesherist
“A practitioner, author, or scholar associated with pesher interpretation”
Modern English
English
pesherist
“A person who interprets texts through the pesher method”