Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, The <i>Gēr</i> and Mutable Ethnicity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carmen Palmer

Series:

Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 126.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; Volume 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ger (The Hebrew word).

Jewish converts.

Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Ethnicity.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Summary:

Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls examines the meaning of the term gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls. While often interpreted as a resident alien, this study of the term as it is employed within scriptural rewriting in the Dead Sea Scrolls concludes that the gēr is a Gentile convert to Judaism. Contrasting the gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls against scriptural predecessors, Carmen Palmer finds that a conversion is possible by means of mutable ethnicity. Furthermore, mutable features of ethnicity in the sectarian movement affiliated with the Dead Sea Scrolls include shared kinship, connection to land, and common culture in the practice of circumcision. The sectarian movement is not as closed toward Gentiles as has been commonly considered.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Key to Symbols

Introduction

Provenance and Dating of the Gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls

A Textual Study of the Gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Locating the Gēr and Assessing Ethnic Identity in the Sectarian Movement

Sociohistorical Comparison between the Sectarian Movement and Greco-Roman Associations

Conclusion

Back Matter

Bibliography.

ISBN:

90-04-37818-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004378186 DOI