From Qumran to the Yaḥad : a new paradigm of textual development for The community rule /
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| Author / Creator: | Schofield, Alison. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. |
| Description: | x, 324 p., [40] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
| Series: | Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 77 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7531301 |
| Summary: | Since the discovery of the Cave 4 versions of The Community Rule (Serekh ha-Ya ad 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] p. at end. |
| Physical Description: | x, 324 p., [40] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004170073 9789004170070 |