Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context /

Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context /

Over the past sixty years, several studies have demonstrated that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect was one of numerous voluntary associations that flourished in the Hellenistic-Roman age. Yet the origins of organizational and regulatory patterns that the sect shared with other associations have not been ad...

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Main Author: Gillihan, Yonder Moynihan.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 97.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.

Subjects:

Dead Sea scrolls.
Religion and civil society > Palestine > History.
Religion and politics > Palestine > History.
Civil society > Palestine > History.
Palestine > Politics and government.

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Call Number: BL60 .G5325 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Introduction /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Civic Ideology and Associational Formation /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Damascus Rule: A Politeia for the Righteous Remnant of Israel in the Evil Age (CD A [CD 1-16], CD B [CD 19-20]; 4QDa-h [4Q266-273]) /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Community Rule: Statutes for the Council of the Yaḥad (1QS || 4QSa-j [4Q255-264], 4Q275, 4Q279) /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Rule for the Congregation: A Politeia for Restored Israel at the End of Days (1QSA || 4QSEa-i [4Q249a-i]) /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Conclusion and Synopsis /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Bibliography /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Index of Modern Authors /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Index of Ancient Sources /
  • Yonder Moynihan Gillihan.