Civic Ideology, Organization, and Law in the Rule Scrolls: A Comparative Study of the Covenanters' Sect and Contemporary Voluntary Associations in Political Context
Using insights from modern sociology, this book argues that the organization, law, and literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls sect expressed an "alternative civic ideology" by which members claimed citizenship in a superior commonwealth that would soon replace the existing Judean state.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
BRILL
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gillihan, Yonder Moynihan, Civic ideology, organization, and law in the rule scrolls] (2013) (Harland, Philip A., 1969 -)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Civil society - Palestine - History
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004168121 |
| Summary: | Using insights from modern sociology, this book argues that the organization, law, and literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls sect expressed an "alternative civic ideology" by which members claimed citizenship in a superior commonwealth that would soon replace the existing Judean state. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 Defining the Problem -- 1.1.1 The Nomoi of Contemporary Voluntary Associations -- 1.1.2 Politeiai: Constitutions of Real and Ideal States -- 1.2 Fundamental Structures of the Covenanters' Sect in the Three Rule Scrolls -- 1.2.1 The Damascus Rule and the Community Rule -- 1.2.1.1 Similarities Between the Camps and the Yaḥad -- 1.2.1.2 Differences between the Camps and the Yaḥad -- 1.2.1.3 The Relationship between the Camps and the Yaḥad -- 1.2.1.4 The Mss. of S and the Nature of the Yaḥad -- 1.2.2 The Rule for the Congregation (SE) -- 1.2.3 A Note on Qumran and the Yaḥad -- 1.3 Who Were the Covenanters? Essenes, Ḥaverim, and Pythagoreans -- 1.3.1 The Essene Hypothesis: Ancient Observers of the Covenanters' Association -- 1.3.2 The Ḥavurot: Purity Associations with Assimilative Civic Ideology? -- 1.3.3 Essenes and Pythagoreans: Parallels and Problems -- 1.4 Comparative Study of the Covenanters and Greco-Roman Associations -- 1.4.1 Hans Bardtke -- 1.4.2 Other Short Studies -- 1.4.3 Moshe Weinfeld -- 1.4.4 Matthias Klinghardt -- 1.4.5 Sandra Walker-Ramisch -- 1.4.6 Albert Baumgarten -- 1.4.7 Marie-Françoise Baslez -- 1.4.8 Justin Taylor -- 1.4.9 Randolph Herrmann -- 1.5 Problems and Prospects for Methodological Clarity -- 1.5.1 Classification: Sect or Association? -- 1.5.2 What is "Influence"? -- 1.5.3 A Way Forward: Social Patterns in Rationalized Societies -- 1.5.4 Civic Ideology and Associational Typology -- 1.5.5 Associational Organization and Regulation as Expressions of Civic Ideology -- 1.5.6 Alternative Civic Ideology in the Covenanters' Rule Scrolls -- Chapter Two Civic Ideology and Associational Formation -- 2.1 Civic Ideology -- 2.1.1 State Civic Ideology -- 2.1.1.1 Mass Dissemination of State Civic Ideology. |
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| ISBN: | 9004212183 |