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

Author(s)

• Chazon, Esther G.
• Amaru, Betsy Halpern
• Clements, Ruth A.
• Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium

Bibliographic Information

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

edited by Esther G. Chazon, Betsy Halpern-Amaru in collaboration with Ruth A. Clements

（Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 88）

Brill, 2010

• : hardback

Note

"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

Description and Table of Contents

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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• NCID: BB02312989
• ISBN:
  • 9789004183070
• LCCN: 2009052231
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engheb
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 257 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM487
  • DC22 : 296.1/55
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Dead Sea scrolls -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1394903X