Ritual purity and the Dead Sea scrolls / by Ian C. Werrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werrett, Ian C.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 72.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Purity, Ritual--Judaism.

Purity, Ritual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents the first comprehensive study on the concept of ritual purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls since the full publication of the legal material from Qumran. Utilizing an independent approach to the relevant documents from Qumran, this study discusses the primary and secondary literature on the five major categories of impurity in the scrolls (i.e., diseases, clean/unclean animals, corpses, bodily discharges, and sexual misdeeds). This examination is supported by a comparison between the scrolls’ purity legislations and their biblical counterparts. The book culminates with a comparison between the purity rulings in the scrolls and a diachronic reading of the explicit agreements and disagreements found therein. The result is a far more comprehensive and nuanced interpretation than has been previously offered.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / I. Werrett

Chapter One. Introduction / I. Werrett

Chapter Two. The Damascus Document / I. Werrett

Chapter Three. The Temple Scroll / I. Werrett

Chapter Four. 4QMMT / I. Werrett

Chapter Five. Other Cave 4 Manuscripts / I. Werrett

Chapter Six. Comparison / I. Werrett

Chapter Seven. Conclusions / I. Werrett

Appendices: Biblical Correspondences / I. Werrett

Bibliography / I. Werrett

Indices / I. Werrett.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-326) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92093-2

9786611920937

90-474-2301-1

OCLC:

646789018

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004156234.i-349 DOI