Wealth in the Dead Sea scrolls and in the Qumran community / by Catherine M. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Catherine M., 1961-

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 40.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Wealth.

Qumran community.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 672 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is concerned with exploring sectarian attitudes toward wealth and the economic practices that gave rise to and issued from those attitudes. An introductory chapter establishes the state of the question. Three subsequent chapters focus on major sectarian texts: the Damascus Document, the Rule of the Community, and 4QInstruction A. Other sectarian and non-sectarian texts that mention wealth are discussed in a fifth chapter, while archaeological evidence from the Qumran region and contemporary documentary texts are introduced in chapters seven and eight. Finally, ancient secondary testimony on Essene economic practices is discussed. The book breaks new ground in arguing for several biblical rationales for the practice of shared wealth. Its integration of archaeological and documentary evidence sheds surprising new light on the economic organization of the Qumran community.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Catherine M. Murphy

LIST OF TABLES / Catherine M. Murphy

LIST OF PLATES / Catherine M. Murphy

PREFACE / Catherine M. Murphy

ABBREVIATIONS / Catherine M. Murphy

INTRODUCTION / Catherine M. Murphy

WEALTH IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT TRADITION / Catherine M. Murphy

WEALTH IN THE RULE OF THE COMMUNITY / Catherine M. Murphy

WEALTH IN INSTRUCTION / Catherine M. Murphy

WEALTH IN OTHER LITERATURE FROM QUMRAN / Catherine M. Murphy

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF WEALTH FROM THE QUMRAN SITE AND VICINITY / Catherine M. Murphy

WEALTH IN THE DOCUMENTARY TEXTS FROM THE JUDEAN DESERT / Catherine M. Murphy

SECONDARY TESTIMONY TO ESSENE ECONOMIC PRACTICES / Catherine M. Murphy

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS / Catherine M. Murphy

PARALLEL PASSAGES ON WEALTH IN ALL DAMASCUS DOCUMENT MANUSCRIPTS / Catherine M. Murphy

PARALLEL PASSAGES ON WEALTH IN ALL RULE MANUSCRIPTS / Catherine M. Murphy

OUTLINE OF THE RULE OF THE COMMUNITY (IQS) BASED ON PARAGRAPH MARKINGS / Catherine M. Murphy

ARRANGEMENT OF THE RULES OF COMMUNAL DISCIPLINE IN 1 QS VI 24–VII 25 / Catherine M. Murphy

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE PLAN OF THE QUMRAN COMPOUND / Catherine M. Murphy

COMPARATIVE STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY TEXTS / Catherine M. Murphy

TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PLATES / Catherine M. Murphy

THE DEAD SEA REGION / Catherine M. Murphy

BIBLIOGRAPHY / Catherine M. Murphy

INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT HEBREW, ARAMAIC AND GREEK TERMS / Catherine M. Murphy

INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL CITATIONS AND ANCIENT SOURCES / Catherine M. Murphy

INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS / Catherine M. Murphy

INDEX OF SUBJECTS / Catherine M. Murphy

PLATES / Catherine M. Murphy

STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH / Catherine M. Murphy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [541]-571) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46450-X

9786610464500

1-4175-7339-2

90-474-0065-8

OCLC:

191039256

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047400653 DOI