Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Volume XXXV. Halakhic Texts

Religious observance in all areas of life was an issue of major importance to the Qumran community. Several collections of laws or halakhot from Qumran bear witness to the parallel development of these laws with those that emerged within Rabbinic Judaism. This volume includes several such compositions of which Tohorot is the largest. They provide major insight into the development of early halakha.

Summary

Religious observance in all areas of life was an issue of major importance to the Qumran community. Several collections of laws or halakhot from Qumran bear witness to the parallel development of these laws with those that emerged within Rabbinic Judaism. This volume includes editions of several such compositions of which Tohorot is the largest. They provide major insight into the development of early halakha. This collection of halakhic compositions should be studied in conjunction with the Temple Scroll, 4QMiqsat Maase ha-Torah, the Damascus Document, Serekh ha-Yahad, and sundry similar compositions.

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An important and interesting collection of texts.

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• Authors: Joseph Baumgarten, Torleif Elgvin, Esther Eshel
• Assisted by: Joseph Baumgarten (Editor), Joseph M. Baumgarten (Editor), Joseph M. (Emeritus Professor Baumgarten (Editor), Baumgarten Joseph M. (Editor), Torleif Elgvin (Editor), Esther Eshel (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.1999
• EAN: 9780198270065
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827006-5
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 322 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 964 g
• Illustrations: 12 pp black and white plates
• Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert; Discoveries in the Judaean Des; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert; Discoveries in the Judaean Des
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Judaism, Ancient World, Sacred texts, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings