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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Dead Sea Scrolls"”.
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The idea of sin-impurity : the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of Leviticus
… (particularly Leviticus) I then examine the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore how �the redefined perception of sinimpurity in biblical texts can reshape our understanding of the concept at Qumran. It is being argued that the close analysis of the Qumran writings in the light of biblical evidence …
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Tracking the Continuity of the Leviticus Laws of Genital Fluids in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature
… caused by genital fluxes as attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature to shed light on the state of halakhah in the pre-rabbinic stage. Using the five impurity categories of genital fluxes outlined in Lev 15 and 12, this study demonstrates the Dead Sea Scrolls' relevance as a …
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A Critical Assessment of the Portrayal of Women in the Dead Sea Scrolls Sectarian Rule Texts, and of the Evidence for the Presence of Women in the Qumran Community
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves close to the site of Qumran, which lies in the north-west area of the Dead Sea. The scrolls date from between the 3rd century BCE and the 1st century CE, and had remained in the caves untouched for some 2000 years. The aims of …
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Manufacturing History and Identity: A Study on the Teacher of Righteousness, Collective Memory, and Tradition at Qumran
The Dead Sea Scrolls corpus presents a leadership figure presiding over the Qumran movement known only by the sobriquet "Teacher of Righteousness." This shadowy character has garnered a significant amount of scholarly attention due to its extraordinary role in the formation and maintenance of …
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Kaige and the Early Transmission History of the Bible: A Reassessment
… deuterocanonical works such as 1 Enoch. This research suggests that kaige revision was concurrent with the standardisation of the proto-Masoretic Text, offering a rare glimpse into the last layers of biblical redaction. Moreover, the thesis situates kaige revision within the broader context of …
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"A nation of priests" : the world-view of the Temple scroll and its application to the way of life prescribed in the sectarian scrolls from Qumran
Too often in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls the relationship between the Temple Scroll and the sectarian scrolls is dismissed as minimal, or non-existent due to one of two general lines of reasoning. The first line of reasoning begins with the premise that whereas the Temple Scroll is concerned …
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Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
… apocalyptic traditions preserved among the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as other Jewish literature not found at Qumran that demonstrate a decided concern over wealth. These Second Temple texts are then examined collectively against the language of wealth and poverty in selected passages of the …
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Az Újszövetség és a Tóra
… and the discovery and scholarly treatment of the Dead Sea scrolls. Together with, of course, the many consequences of all the above in the self-definition of both Judaism and Christianity, and in their relationship to one another. These social breaks have also inspired and motivated a religious …
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Covenant and Identity Formation in the Second Century
… literature of Second Temple Judaism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. It also briefly examines the New Testament usage in the Synoptic Gospels, Paul, and epistle to the Hebrews. Chapter 3 turns to the Greco-Roman context and notes the absence of the covenant concept as a significant category of …
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Rethinking the Community as Temple: Discourse and Spatial Practice in the Community Rule (1QS)
<p>This project is a spatial reading of the Community Rule (1QS) that examines how space is used as a response to the perceived defilement of the Jerusalem Temple and how it addresses the problems of atonement and priestly authority for a community without a physical temple. Edward Soja’s concept …
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The Afterlife Views and the Use of the TaNaKh in Support of the Resurrection Concept in the Literature of Second Temple Period Judaism: The Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha
… B lists resurrection passages also found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament, and Early Rabbinic material.</p> <p>In addition to outlining the numerous afterlife views, this study provides comprehensive examinations of the resurrection passages that either refer or allude to texts from the …
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Sefer Tagin—Olde Face, Slab-Serifs and Semi-Ligatures. Covenantal warnings and reassurance. Re-housing the Temple within the Torah.
… overtones. However, my hypothesis and research show that this work was written earlier, primarily because it is describing forms that relate to the Tannaitic (late and post Herodian) period, most likely between 70 and 200 C.E. The three main causes of these special forms are preservation …