Emerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls : : Continuity, Separation, and Conflict / / John J. Collins and Ananda Geyser-Fouché.

• Superior document: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Series ; Volume 141
• VerfasserIn: Collins, John J. 1946-; Geyser-Fouché, Ananda,
• TeilnehmendeR: Geyser-Fouché, Ananda,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; Volume 141.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (482 pages)

The essays in this volume consider the nature of the sect known from the Scrolls and its relation to mainline Judaism. Especially notable is a cluster of essays dealing with the Teacher and a review of the archaeology of Qumran.

These essays reflect the lively debate about the sectarian movement of the Scrolls. They debate the degree to which the movement was separated from the rest of Judaism, and whether there was one or several watershed moments in the separation. Notable contributions include a cluster of essays on the Teacher of Righteousness and a thorough survey of the archaeology of Qumran. The texts are problematic in historical research because they rely on biblical stereotypes. Nonetheless, possible interpretations can be compared and degrees of probability debated. The debate is significant not only for the sect but for the nature of ancient Judaism.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- 1 Emerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Continuity, Separation, and Conflict -- Ananda Geyser-Fouché -- Part 1: Continuity -- 2 Sectarian or Not: What Is the Question? -- Esther G. Chazon -- 3 Sectarian and Non-sectarian Literature: What Does It Mean and How Does This Distinction Work Today? -- With a Short Case Study on the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice -- Michael R. Jost -- 4 The Transmission of Greek Translations in Judea and the Origin of the Qumran Sectarian Movement -- Gideon R. Kotzé -- 5 Unity and Diversity in Qumran Hebrew: Evidence from Quantification -- Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé -- Part 2: Separation -- 6 Community Formation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Beyond the Watershed Paradigm -- Charlotte Hempel -- 7 The Origins of Sectarian Boundary Marking and the “Shifters of the Boundary”: The Damascus Document and Cultural Memory -- Albert Hogeterp -- 8 4QMMT and D: Reconsidering the Social Context and Early History of the Dead Sea Scrolls Communities -- Gareth Wearne -- Part 3: Conflict: The Teacher and the Wicked Priest -- 9 Telling a Qumran Story: Perspectives from the Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab) -- Gert T.M. Prinsloo -- 10 Identifying the Wicked Priest -- Oren Ableman -- 11 A Fresh Approach to a Vexed Problem -- Timothy H. Lim -- 12 The Teacher of Righteousness Revisited -- John J. Collins -- 13 Look Who’s Talking: Reconsidering the Speaker in the ‘Teacher Hymns’ (1QH a ) -- Michael B. Johnson -- 14 The Persona of the Teacher: A Qualified Endorsement of the Teacher Hymn Hypothesis -- Christopher S. Atkins -- Part 4: Qumran -- 15 Qumran in the Late Hellenistic Period: An Archaeological Reassessment -- Dennis Mizzi -- Index of Passages -- Index of Modern Authors.