Performance, Space, and Time in the Dead Sea Scrolls : Papers from the Eleventh Meeting of the International Organization of Qumran Studies, Zürich 2022 / edited by Michael Johnson, Jutta Jokiranta, Molly M. Zahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Michael, editor.

Jokiranta, Jutta, editor.

Zahn, Molly M., editor.

Series:

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah ; 154.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025

Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah ; 154

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Biblical studies.

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Papers from the Eleventh Meeting of the International Organization of Qumran Studies, Zürich 2022

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2026]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The collection focuses on performative and ritual aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls, originating from the IOQS 2022 meeting. The concept of ritualization is examined at both individual and collective levels, using ritualization of covenant as a case study. Other essays examine performative aspects of the Hodayot manuscripts, and singing, meditation, and poetic form in Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. Spatial aspects are examined in two essays: one argues against the common assumption that the temple city in the Temple Scroll is clearly or only referring to Jerusalem, and the other essay demonstrates 4QMMT’s legal stringency in the question of the presence of dogs in Jerusalem. Aramaic compositions are examined for their view of priesthood. Finally, past, present and future time is argued to be brought together in ritual, with the result that the role of eschatological time in the Scrolls should be complemented by ritual time.

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Acknowledgments

‎Abbreviations

‎Chapter 1. The Lure and Relief of Ritualised Behaviour: Cognitive and Cultural Readings of Scrolls and Covenant Ritualisation (Jokiranta)

‎1. Introduction

‎2. Ritual and Ritualisation

‎3. Integrative Model

‎4. Different Conceptualizations of Ritualisation

‎5. The Ritualisation of the Covenant

‎5.1. Into the Covenant: Circumcision and Oath-Taking

‎5.2. Out from the Covenant: Expulsion Ritual

‎5.3. Advancing in the Covenant: Collective Assembly, Education and Reading of Laws

‎5.4. Multiple Covenants

‎6. Covenant Ritualisation in 1QS 1-2

‎6.1. Efficacy

‎6.2. Effervescence

‎6.3. Enhancing Credibility

‎6.4. Case Study: Conclusions

‎7. Conclusion

‎Bibliography

‎Chapter 2. Singing and Meditation in the Seventh Song of the Sabbath Sacrifice: The Semantic Overlap of ‮רנן‬‎ and ‮הגה‬‎ in the "Cycle of Summons" (4Q403 1 I 36-37) (Darby)

‎1.1. Literary Context: 4Q403 and the Cycle of Summons

‎2. Material Aspects of 4Q403 1 and Related Manuscripts

‎3. Semantic Range of Key Terms: ‮רנן‬‎

‎3.1. Reconstruction and Translation of Line 36

‎4. The Semantic Range of ‮הגה‬‎

‎5. Semantic Overlap Between ‮רנן‬‎ and ‮הגה‬‎ in Lines 36-37

‎6. Parallels in the Hebrew Bible and Related Literature

‎7. Singing and Meditation: Conclusions

‎Chapter 3. Arranged for Performative Effect? A Proposal for the Intended Audiences of 1QHodayota and 4QHodayota (Johnson)

‎2. Material Reconstructions and the New Sequence of Psalms in 1QHa

‎3. Sequence of Psalms in 1QHa

‎3.1. 1QHa Psalm 1 (1:1-3:32)

‎3.2. 1QHa Psalm 2 (3:33-4:7)

‎3.3. 1QHa Psalm 3 (4:8-5:11).

‎3.4. 1QHa Psalm 4 (5:12-8:41)

‎3.5. Teacher's Book (1QHa Psalms 5-18)

‎3.6. 1QHa Psalm 19 (20:7-22:42)

‎3.7. 1QHa Psalm 21 (25:34-27:3)

‎4. Conclusion

‎Chapter 4. The Seventh Song of the Sabbath Sacrifice: From Angelic Liturgy to Architectural Praise (Mizrahi)

‎2. Textual Evidence and Content of Song 7

‎2.1. Diplomatic Transcription of the Introductory Poem of 4Q403 1 i 41ff.

‎3. The Body of Song 7

‎3.1. Diplomatic Transcription of 11Q17 Frgs. 1-2 [Col. I]

‎3.2. Diplomatic Transcription of 4Q403 1 ii 1-17

‎3.3. Diplomatic Transcription of 4Q405, Frgs. 7a-E+26 [Col. D]

‎4. The Introductory Poem: Literary Structure and Thematic Deployment

‎5. Commentary

‎5.1. Exordium

‎5.2. Call

‎5.3. Animate Architectural Elements

‎6. Conclusion

‎Chapter 5. Reconsidering the "City of the Sanctuary" in the Temple Scroll (Zahn)

‎1. The City of the Sanctuary in the Temple Scroll

‎2. Other Utopian Spaces, and Their Influence on TS

‎3. Concluding Reflections: The City of the Sanctuary, God's Presence, and Jerusalem in Early Judaism

‎Chapter 6. Dogs in Jerusalem: A New Reading in Miqsat Maʿase Ha-Torah (4QMMT) and Its Ramifications (Noam)

‎1. Ancient Customs or Religious Reforms?

‎2. The Law

‎2.1. Notes on the Reading

‎2.2. The Content of the Law

‎3. Archaeological Finds

‎4. Were There Sacrificial Leftovers in Jerusalem?

‎5. Parallels in Tannaitic Literature

‎6. Dogs and Holy Food

‎7. Vestiges of the Ancient Prohibition in Tannaitic Literature

‎8. A Prohibition on Breeding Other Forbidden Animals in Jerusalem

‎9. The Reference to the Holiness of Jerusalem

‎10. Conclusion

‎Bibliography.

‎Chapter 7. Ritual as a Locus of Narrative, Liturgical and Prophetic Time in Some Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls (Brooke)

‎2. The Past: Narrative Time

‎3. The Present: Liturgical Time

‎4. The Future: Prophetic Time

‎5. Conclusion

‎Chapter 8. Priestly Lineage in the Aramaic Levi Document and Related Literature (Jones)

‎1. Review of Scholarship

‎2. The Levitical-Priestly Genealogy

‎2.1. Aramaic Levi Document

‎2.2. Testament of Qahat

‎2.3. Visions of Amram

‎3. Conclusion

‎Index of Ancient Sources

‎Index of Modern Authors

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-73445-7

9789004734456

OCLC:

1570417458

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004734456 DOI