New perspectives on old texts : proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 9-11January, 2005 / / edited by Esther G. Chazon, Betsy Halpern-Amaru in collaboration with Ruth A. Clements.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah ; v. 88
• Author: Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium
• TeilnehmendeR: Chazon, Esther G.; Amaru, Betsy Halpern.; Clements, Ruth.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 88.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume presents new perspectives on the ancient texts discovered at Qumran. The essays offer fresh insights into particular texts and genres, by applying methods and constructs drawn from other disciplines to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and by exploring new as well as long-standing issues raised by these works. The topics and approaches engaged include group identity, memory, ritual theory, sectarian sociology, philosophy of education, liturgical anthropology, Jewish law, history of religion, and mysticism. The articles in this volume were originally presented at the Tenth Annual International Orion Symposium sponsored in 2005 by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Exile and self-identity in the Qumran sect and in Hellenistic Judaism / Noah Hacham -- The legacy of the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Ritual density in Qumran practice: ablutions in the Serekh ha-Yah? / Michael A. Daise -- From Enoch to John the Essene--an analysis of sect development: 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Essenes / Eyal Regev -- Education and wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of their background in antiquity / Bilhah Nitzan -- The use of Scripture in 1Q/4Q mysteries / Torleif Elgvin -- "Memory and manuscript": books, scrolls, and the tradition of the Qumran texts / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- The wood-offering: the convoluted evolution of a halakhah in Qumran and rabbinic law / Cana Werman -- Further reflections on a divine and angelic humanity in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis -- The polemic against the Tevul Yom: a reexamination / Martha Himmelfarb -- Qumran and the genealogy of Western mysticism / Philip S. Alexander.