Religious experience and divinization in the sectarian Dead Sea scrolls: living in the liminal
"For members of the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls movement, participation in the group would have granted an individual special privileges, including present, unmediated access to otherworldly realities. This understanding of the present as a type of liminal space is rooted in the group's con...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2026]
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Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements (volume 221)
Year: 2026 |
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of Judaism / Supplements
volume 221 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
/ Qumran Community
/ Religious experience
/ Deification
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Dead Sea Scrolls
B Judaism Liturgy B Worship (Judaism) |
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| Summary: | "For members of the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls movement, participation in the group would have granted an individual special privileges, including present, unmediated access to otherworldly realities. This understanding of the present as a type of liminal space is rooted in the group's constructions of time and space. Drawing on theories of liminality and anthropological research on religious consciousness, this study seeks to demonstrate how sectarian identity and ritual and liturgical practice might have cultivated an experience of present communion with divine beings that was also aspirational and aimed to achieve the human worshiper's permanent incorporation into the heavenly realm"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 261 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9789004748033 |