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The Qumran Rule Texts in Context - Collected Studies (Hardcover)
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The Qumran Rule Texts in Context - Collected Studies (Hardcover)
Series: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 154
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Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the Community Rule
has been at the forefront of the scholarly imagination and is often
considered a direct channel to life on the ground at Khirbet Qumran
- an ancient version of 'reality television'. After the full
publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls one might legitimately have
expected that the complete spread of evidence would present us with
most of the answers that we have been looking for. Instead,
scholars increasingly recognize the significance of the Scrolls as
a rich text world from a period when texts, traditions,
interpretation, and scholarship laid the foundations of Western
civilisation. While the literary, scribal, and textual aspects
reflected in the Rule texts are becoming clearer, the social and
community realities are becoming ever fuzzier. Ultimately the
Scrolls present us with a complex and sophisticated collection of
literature rather than a window into the inner workings of a group,
let alone particular individuals. Such a scholarly trajectory
mirrors the history of biblical scholarship and invites further
dialogue between both fields. The studies by Charlotte Hempel
gathered in this volume deal with several core Rule texts from
Qumran, especially the Community Rule (S), the Rule of the
Congregation (1QSa), the Damascus Document (D), and 4Q265
(Miscellaneous Rules) and uncover a complex network of literary and
more murkily preserved social relationships. The author further
investigates the Rule literature within the context of wisdom, law,
and the scribal milieu behind the emerging scriptures. The volume
ends with an exploration of the distinctive character of Qumran
Cave 4, the home of the majority of Rule texts, as an eclectic
collection of ancient Jewish higher learning. "These essays are
essential reading for anyone interested in the Rulebooks found at
Qumran." John J. Collins in Revue de Qumran 26 (2014), S. 483-485
"In truth, Hempel's volume is as much a commentary on the
development, similarities, and differences between the Rule texts
as it is an observation on the state and direction of Qumran
Studies." Ian Werrett in Journal for the Study of Judaism 46
(2015), S. 443-445
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