Proximity to power and Jewish sectarian groups of the ancient period : a review of lifestyle, values, and halakhah in the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Qumran / by Hillel Newman ; edited by Ruth Ludlam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Hillel.

Contributor:

Ludlam, Ruth M.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 25.

Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

Jews--Politics and government--To 70 A.D.

Jews--Social conditions.

Power (Social sciences)--Palestine--History--To 1500.

Power (Social sciences).

Pharisees.

Sadducees.

Essenes.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the values, lifestyle and code of law of four Jewish sectarian groups in the Hellenistic and Roman (Second Temple) period, in the land of Israel. It reviews the groups according to their proximity to power, highlighting the fact that political involvement has a decisive impact on the life and development of these social groups. The groups under review, the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Qumran, receive a new historical description, from the viewpoint of their proximity to power. The issue of what determines the course of a social group, whether normative or sectarian, is discussed, and the traditional terminology is re-examined. Original terminology is established. The first part of the book deals with the question of terminology, the available sources and the presentation of the different groups.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Introduction

List of Abbreviations and Sources

Chapter One Terminology and Methodology

1.1: Terminology

1.2: Methodology

Chapter Two Jewish Groups in the Hasmonean Period and their Proximity to the Regime

2.1: Introduction

2.2: The Pharisees

2.3: The Sadducees

2.4: The Essenes

2.5: The Qumran Group

2.6: The Distinction Between the Groups According to Involvement in the Center

Chapter Three Seceding Groups and Dissenting Groups: Lifestyle

3.1: Communal Eating as a Sectarian Feature

3.2: Clothing as a Sectarian Characteristic

3.3: The Family as a Sectarian Characteristic

3.4: Conclusions: Lifestyle

Chapter Four Seceding Groups and Dissenting Groups: Halakhic System

4.1: The Place of Halakhah in the Lives of Jewish Groups

4.2: The Halakhic System of Dissenting Groups

4.3: The Halakhic System of Seceding Groups

Chapter Five Seceding Groups and Dissenting Groups: Theology and Ideology

5.1: Theological and Ideological Characteristics in Research

5.2: The Importance of "Continuing Prophecy" in a Group's Leadership

5.3: "Prophetic Ability" in the Lives of Seceding Groups

5.4: The Prophetic Aspect among Dissenting Groups

5.5: Continuing Prophecy among the Jewish Groups

5.6: The Status of "Earthly Life" in the Spiritual System

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES

INDEX OF MODERN SOURCES

INDEX OF NAMES

INDEX OF TOPICS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39678-8

9786611396787

90-474-0835-7

OCLC:

235929636

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047408352 DOI