The Heart of Self Formation: The Overlap of Moral Selfhood and Legalities in Ancient Scriptural Discourse
Abstract This article discusses the “heart” as part of the terminology for selfhood in ancient Jewish literature. After discussing a couple of criticisms of studies of the self and showing how these criticisms fail to persuade, the paper examines a range of texts in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Sc...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Formation of the Subject$dEssays in Honor of Carol Newsom’s 70th Birthday |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 367-395 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gemeinschaftsregel (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Heart (Motif)
/ Morals
/ Self
/ Law
/ Old Testament
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Heart
B Law B moral self B Selfhood B Community Rule B Festschrift B Newsom, Carol Ann 1950- |
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| Summary: | Abstract This article discusses the “heart” as part of the terminology for selfhood in ancient Jewish literature. After discussing a couple of criticisms of studies of the self and showing how these criticisms fail to persuade, the paper examines a range of texts in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and beyond for conceptions of the moral self. Special attention is given to the legal S tradition in the Scrolls as a fruitful illustration of how the self and law are recurring conceptual companions. In this legal tradition, a universalizing conception of selfhood and agency is rooted in local, practical concerns of a community. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-bja10025 |