From Qumran to the Yaḥad : a new paradigm of textual development for The community rule /
Since the discovery of the Cave 4 versions of The Community Rule (Serekh ha-Yaḥad or S), scholars have been perplexed about its complex textual history. This important charter material for the Dead Sea Scrolls' authors appears in alternate versions-ones with contradictory legal prescriptions an...
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English
Hebrew
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
Series:
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
77.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.
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Call Number: BM488.M3 S36 2009
| Summary: | Since the discovery of the Cave 4 versions of The Community Rule (Serekh ha-Yaḥad or S), scholars have been perplexed about its complex textual history. This important charter material for the Dead Sea Scrolls' authors appears in alternate versions-ones with contradictory legal prescriptions and opposing self-references-but exhibits no clear order of chronological development. Benefitting from the entire Qumran library now available to us, this book offers a new, broader model for reading S that better accounts for the long and diverse history behind the text. The resulting paradigm challenges the Qumrancentric lens through which many read the "sectarian texts" and offers a fresh way of thinking about sectarian community formation among the authors of the Scrolls. |
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| Item Description: | Includes "The Rule of the Community, Serekh ha-Yaḥad [in Hebrew, with 4Q255-264 comparisons]": [40] pages at end. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047442509 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |