Civic ideology, organization, and law in the rule scrolls : a comparative study of the covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context / / by Yonder Moynihan Gillihan.

Over the past sixty years, several studies have demonstrated that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect was one of numerous voluntary associations that flourished in the Hellenistic-Roman age. Yet the origins of organizational and regulatory patterns that the sect shared with other associations have not been ad...

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Superior document:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 97
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 97.
Physical Description:1 online resource (614 p.)
Notes:Revised version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Introduction / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Civic Ideology and Associational Formation / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Damascus Rule: A Politeia for the Righteous Remnant of Israel in the Evil Age (CD A [CD 1–16], CD B [CD 19–20]; 4QDa–h [4Q266–273]) / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Community Rule: Statutes for the Council of the Yaḥad (1QS || 4QSa–j [4Q255–264], 4Q275, 4Q279) / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • The Rule for the Congregation: A Politeia for Restored Israel at the End of Days (1QSA || 4QSEa-i [4Q249a-i]) / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Conclusion and Synopsis / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Bibliography / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Index of Modern Authors / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
  • Index of Ancient Sources / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan.