New perspectives on old texts : proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 9-11 January, 2005
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New perspectives on old texts : proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 9-11 January, 2005
(Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 88)
Brill, 2010
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"This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Tenth Annual Orion International Symposium, sponsored by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and held January 9-11, 2005"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
This volume presents new perspectives on the ancient texts discovered at Qumran. The essays offer fresh insights into particular texts and genres, by applying methods and constructs drawn from other disciplines to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and by exploring new as well as long-standing issues raised by these works. The topics and approaches engaged include group identity, memory, ritual theory, sectarian sociology, philosophy of education, liturgical anthropology, Jewish law, history of religion, and mysticism. The articles in this volume were originally presented at the Tenth Annual International Orion Symposium sponsored in 2005 by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Table of Contents
NEW APPROACHES,
Exile and Self-Identity in the Qumran Sect and in Hellenistic Judaism
NOAH HACHAM
The Legacy of the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls
LOREN T. STUCKENBRUCK
Ritual Density in Qumran Practice: Ablutions in the Serekh Ha-Yahad
MICHAEL A. DAISE
From Enoch to John the Essene: An Analysis of Sectarian Development in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Essenes
EYAL REGEV
INNOVATIVE READINGS
Education and Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls in Light of their Background in Antiquity
BILHAH NITZAN
The Use of Scripture in 1Q/4QMysteries
TORLEIF ELGVIN
Memory and Manuscript: Books, Scrolls and the Tradition of the Dead Sea Scrolls
LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN
The Wood-Offering: The Evolution of a Halakhah in Qumran and Rabbinic Law
CANA WERMAN
REASSESSING OLD PERSPECTIVES
Further Reflections on a Divine and Angelic Humanity in the Dead Sea Scrolls
CRISPIN H. T. FLETCHER-LOUIS
The Polemic against the Tevul Yom: A Reexamination
MARTHA HIMMELFARB
Qumran and the Genealogy of Western Mysticism
PHILIP S. ALEXANDER
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
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