ISBN:
9789047423010
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource ( 349 S. )
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Year of publication:
2007
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
296.742
Keywords:
Dead Sea scrolls
;
Purity, Ritual Judaism
;
Purity, Ritual Judaism
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-326) and indexes
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004156234.i-349
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