Cultic Spiritualization : Religious Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Jamal-Dominique Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Jamal-Dominique, Author.

Series:

Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Animal sacrifice.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Qumran community.

Sacrifice--Judaism.

Sacrifice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.) : ca. 70

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls beginning in 1947, its material witness and evocative content have captured the religious imagination of scholars and the general public alike. Hailed as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, the excavated material content has illuminated and revitalized the vast fields of biblical-related scholarship. To date, investigation of the material discoveries related to religious sacrifice has received limited attention. In this study, Jamal-Dominique Hopkins examines the traces of the life and archaeology of Qumran, and the cherished views of sacrifice in the non-biblical sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls. Hopkins explores the historical and ideological development of the Jewish priestly movement related to the scrolls, focusing predominantly on the vantage point of the movement’s later offshoot group known as the Qumran community. This panoramic examination of sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls offers a historical reconstruction of this principal community and its gripping story. Hopkins reveals the development of a community, from its pre-Qumranic to Qumranic settlement stages, which chose to spiritualize the Jerusalem temple and sacrificial practices. As a consequence of being driven into the Qumran desert, in the absence of the physical temple in Jerusalem, this nomadic priestly community viewed itself as “temple.” In exchange for actual animal sacrifice, through the acts of prayer and praise, the community offered the fruit of their lips as an alternative modality of sacrifice. In leaving the larger community, this Qumran community thus became an eschatological community engaging in the practice of cultic spiritualization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. THE DEBATE ABOUT SACRIFICE IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

CHAPTER TWO. THE ESSENE VIEW OF SACRIFICE ACCORDING TO PHILO AND JOSEPHUS

CHAPTER THREE. QUMRAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND SACRIFICIAL CULTIC MATTERS

CHAPTER FOUR. THE DESCRIPTION OF SACRIFICE IN LIGHT OF THE BOOK OF JUBILEES: ITS INTERPRETATION BY AND STATUS FOR THE DSS MOVEMENT

CHAPTER FIVE. THE VIEW OF SACRIFICE IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT

CHAPTER SIX. THE VIEW OF SACRIFICE IN THE TEMPLE SCROLL

CHAPTER SEVEN. THE VIEW OF SACRIFICE IN MMT

CHAPTER EIGHT. THE VIEW OF CULTIC MATTERS IN THE RULE OF THE COMMUNITY

CHAPTER NINE. THE VIEW OF SACRIFICE IN THE SONGS OF THE SABBATH SACRIFICE

CHAPTER TEN. THE VIEW OF SACRIFICE IN 4QFLORILEGIUM

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-4632-4242-5

OCLC:

1334344490