Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780891305699
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Beyond the Qumran Community
Author: John J. Collins
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0802828876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be and indeed, should be made. Beyond the Qumran Community does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confi ned to the site of Qumran. / John J. Collins here deconstructs the Qumran community and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. He examines the Community Rule, or Yahad, and considers the Teacher of Righteousness, a pivotal fi gure in the Essene movement. After examining the available evidence, Collins concludes that it is, in fact, overwhelmingly likely that the site of Qumran housed merely a single settlement of a very widespread movement.
Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Alex P. Jassen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-07
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0521196043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the interpretation of biblical law in the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Judaism. It analyzes the interpretive techniques found in the Dead Sea Scrolls to transform the meaning and application of biblical law to meet the needs of new historical and cultural settings.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher:
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781428156241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dead Sea Scrolls are perhaps the most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. These lectures set before the public the real Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collections of Jewish texts from the centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can teach us about the history of Judaism is it possible for us to learn what they have to teach us about the history of Christianity. Professor Schiffman leads the listener through the complex details of the Scrolls and their true meaning for the world.
Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-09-16
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9004410732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains 17 essays on the subjects of text, canon, and scribal practice. The volume is introduced by an overview of the Qumran evidence for text and canon of the Bible. Most of the text critical studies deal with texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls, including sectarian as well as canonical texts. Two essays shed light on the formation of authoritative literature. Scribal practice is illustrated in various ways, again mostly from the Dead Sea Scrolls. One essay deals with diachronic change in Qumran Hebrew. Rounding out the volume are two thematic studies, a wide-ranging study of the “ambiguous oracle” of Josephus, which he identifies as Balaam’s oracle, and a review of the use of female metaphors for Wisdom.
Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-07-18
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 900451712X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays reflect the lively debate about the sectarian movement of the Scrolls. They debate the degree to which the movement was separated from the rest of Judaism, and whether there was one or several watershed moments in the separation. Notable contributions include a cluster of essays on the Teacher of Righteousness and a thorough survey of the archaeology of Qumran. The texts are problematic in historical research because they rely on biblical stereotypes. Nonetheless, possible interpretations can be compared and degrees of probability debated. The debate is significant not only for the sect but for the nature of ancient Judaism.
Angels Associated with Israel in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Matthew L. Walsh
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2019-12-16
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 3161553039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA well-known characteristic of the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls are their assertions that membership in the Qumran movement included present and eschatological fellowship with the angels, but scholars disagree as to the precise meaning of these claims. To gain a better understanding of angelic fellowship at Qumran, Matthew L. Walsh utilizes the early Jewish concept that certain angels were closely associated with Israel. Moreover, these angels, which included guardians and priests, were envisioned within apocalyptic worldviews that assumed that realities on earth corresponded to those of the heavenly realm. A comparison of non-sectarian texts with sectarian compositions reveals that the Qumran movement's lofty assertions of communion with the guardians and priests of heavenly Israel would have made a significant contribution to their identity as the true Israel.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Timothy H. Lim
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0198779526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important finds in biblical archaeology, and have profound implications for our understanding of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Timothy Lim discusses the leading interpretations of the scrolls, and how they have changed the way we understand the emergence of the Old Testament.
Matthew within Sectarian Judaism
Author: John Kampen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2019-06-25
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 0300171560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA renowned scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls argues for reading the Gospel of Matthew as the product of a Jewish sect In this masterful study of what has long been considered the “most Jewish” gospel, John Kampen deftly argues that the gospel of Matthew advocates for a distinctive Jewish sectarianism, rooted in the Jesus movement. He maintains that the writer of Matthew produced the work within an early Jewish sect, and its narrative contains a biography of Jesus which can be used as a model for the development of a sectarian Judaism in Lower Syria, perhaps Galilee, toward the conclusion of the first century CE. Rather than viewing the gospel of Matthew as a Jewish-Christian hybrid, Kampen considers it a Jewish composition that originated among the later followers of Jesus a generation or so after the disciples. This method of viewing the work allows readers to understand what it might have meant for members of a Jesus movement to promote their understanding of Jewish history and law that would sustain Jewish life at the end of the first century.
