Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, The <i>Gēr</i> and Mutable Ethnicity.

Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, The <i>Gēr</i> and Mutable Ethnicity.

Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls examines the meaning of the term gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls. While often interpreted as a resident alien, this study of the term as it is employed within scriptural rewriting in the Dead Sea Scrolls concludes that the gēr is a Gentile convert to Judaism. Contrasting...

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Main Author: Carmen Palmer

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 126.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.

Subjects:

Ger (The Hebrew word)
Jewish converts.
Ethnicity > Religious aspects > Judaism.

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Call Number: BM487 .P295 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Key to Symbols
  • Introduction
  • Provenance and Dating of the Gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • A Textual Study of the Gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Locating the Gēr and Assessing Ethnic Identity in the Sectarian Movement
  • Sociohistorical Comparison between the Sectarian Movement and Greco-Roman Associations
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.