TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hempel, Charlotte
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013//
TI  - Qumran Rule texts in context: collected studies
T3  - Texts and studies in ancient Judaism 154
PB  - Mohr Siebeck
CY  - Tübingen
AB  - Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the Community Rule has been at the forefront of the scholarly imagination and is often considered a direct channel to life at Khirbet Qumran - an ancient version of ``reality TV`. Over the course of the last fifteen years - the Cave 4 era - scholars have increasingly come to recognize the significance of the Scrolls as a rich text world from a period when texts, traditions, and interpretation laid the foundations of Western civilisation. The studies by Charlotte Hempel gathered in this volume deal with several core Rule texts from Qumran, especially with the Community Rule (S), the Rule of the Congregation (1QSa), the Damascus Document (D), and 4Q265 (Miscellaneous Rules). The author uncovers a complex network of literary and more murkily preserved social relationships. She further investigates the Rule literature within the context of wisdom, law, and the scribal milieu behind the emerging scriptures.
SN  - 3161527097
LA  - English
N1  - Charlotte Hempel
ID  - 750391820
ER  -