New perspectives on old texts : proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 9-11January, 2005 / edited by Esther G. Chazon, Betsy Halpern-Amaru in collaboration with Ruth A. Clements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium (10th : 2005 : Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Contributor:

Chazon, Esther G.

Amaru, Betsy Halpern.

Clements, Ruth.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 88.

Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah ; v. 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Congresses.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents new perspectives on the ancient texts discovered at Qumran. The essays offer fresh insights into particular texts and genres, by applying methods and constructs drawn from other disciplines to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and by exploring new as well as long-standing issues raised by these works. The topics and approaches engaged include group identity, memory, ritual theory, sectarian sociology, philosophy of education, liturgical anthropology, Jewish law, history of religion, and mysticism. The articles in this volume were originally presented at the Tenth Annual International Orion Symposium sponsored in 2005 by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Contents:

Exile and self-identity in the Qumran sect and in Hellenistic Judaism / Noah Hacham

The legacy of the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Loren T. Stuckenbruck

Ritual density in Qumran practice: ablutions in the Serekh ha-Yah? / Michael A. Daise

From Enoch to John the Essene

an analysis of sect development: 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Essenes / Eyal Regev

Education and wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of their background in antiquity / Bilhah Nitzan

The use of Scripture in 1Q/4Q mysteries / Torleif Elgvin

"Memory and manuscript": books, scrolls, and the tradition of the Qumran texts / Lawrence H. Schiffman

The wood-offering: the convoluted evolution of a halakhah in Qumran and rabbinic law / Cana Werman

Further reflections on a divine and angelic humanity in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis

The polemic against the Tevul Yom: a reexamination / Martha Himmelfarb

Qumran and the genealogy of Western mysticism / Philip S. Alexander.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78685-7

9786612786853

90-04-19081-3

OCLC:

667294718

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183070.i-257 DOI