From Qumran to the Yaḥad - A New Paradigm of Textual Development for the Community Rule

Benefitting from the Qumran library now available, this book offers a new model for reading S that better accounts for the long and diverse history behind the text. The resulting paradigm challenges the Qumrancentric lens through which many read the a oesectarian textsa and offers a fresh way of thinking about sectarian community formation.

Product details

• Authors: Alison Schofield
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2008
• EAN: 9789004170070
• ISBN: 978-90-04-17007-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the De
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations