The community rules from Qumran: a commentary
Intro -- Preface -- Title -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations Including Frequently Cited Sources -- Symbols -- 1. General Introduction -- 1.1. The 'Geology' of the Rule Manuscripts -- 1.2. The Community Rules and the Re-Drawn Map of Second Temple Judaism -- 1.2.1 A Broader Lit...
| Summary: | Intro -- Preface -- Title -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations Including Frequently Cited Sources -- Symbols -- 1. General Introduction -- 1.1. The 'Geology' of the Rule Manuscripts -- 1.2. The Community Rules and the Re-Drawn Map of Second Temple Judaism -- 1.2.1 A Broader Literary Context Reveals an Apotropaic Safety Net -- 1.2.2 A Broader Geographical Context -- 1.3. Curated Communities -- 1.4. Beyond a Sanitized Reading of the Community Rules -- 1.4.1 Perfect Holiness with Ups and Downs -- 1.4.2 Ancient Descriptions of the Essenes as Archetypes of Virtue -- 1.4.3 Sharing Not Always So Nicely and Sometimes with the Wrong People -- 1.4.4 Men, Sex and Sexuality -- 1.4.5 An Ancient Sanitized Account with Contemporary Appeal -- 1.5. The Manuscripts -- 1.5.1 1Q28 (1QS) -- 1.5.1.1 The Manuscript -- 1.5.1.2 The Scribe -- 1.5.1.3 Marginal Signs -- 1.5.1.3.1 Palaeo-Hebrew Vav -- 1.5.1.3.2 Composite Signs -- 1.5.1.3.3 Paragraphoi -- 1.5.1.4 Significant Textual Features -- 1.5.1.4.1 The Opening Framework in 1QS 1-4 -- 1.5.1.4.2 1QS 5 -- 1.5.1.4.3 1QS 6:1c-7a Rules on Meetings in Various Dwelling Places -- 1.5.1.4.4 1QS 6:7b-23 Meetings of the Many -- 1.5.1.4.5 1QS 6:24-7:25 The Penal Code -- 1.5.1.4.6 1QS 8:1-16a The Council of the Community -- 1.5.1.4.7 1QS 8:16b-9:11 Disciplinary and Communal Rules and Further Account of Community Formation -- 1.5.1.4.8 1QS 9:12-11:22 The Statutes for the Maskil and the Final Hymn -- 1.5.2 4Q255 (4QpapSa) -- 1.5.2.1 The Manuscript -- 1.5.2.2 Significant Textual Features -- 1.5.2.3 Revisiting 4Q255 A -- 1.5.3 4Q256 (Sb) -- 1.5.3.1 The Manuscript -- 1.5.3.2 Marginal Sign -- 1.5.3.3 Significant Textual Features -- 1.5.4 4Q257 (4QpapSc) -- 1.5.4.1 The Manuscript -- 1.5.4.2 Significant Textual Features -- 1.5.5 4Q258 (4QSd) -- 1.5.5.1 The Manuscript -- 1.5.5.2 Significant Textual Features -- 1.5.6 4Q259 (4QSe). |
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| ISBN: | 3161570278 |