From Qumran to the Yahad : : a new paradigm of textual development for the community rule / / by Alison Schofield.

Since the discovery of the Cave 4 versions of The Community Rule (Serekh ha-Yaḥad or S), scholars have been perplexed about its complex textual history. This important charter material for the Dead Sea Scrolls’ authors appears in alternate versions—ones with contradictory legal prescriptions and opp...

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Superior document:Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume 77
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2009.
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; Volume 77.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
Notes:Includes "The Rule of the Community, Serekh ha-Yaḥad [in Hebrew, with 4Q255-264 comparisons]": [40] pages at end.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / A. Schofield
  • Introduction / A. Schofield
  • Chapter One. The Yaḥad and the Serekh: Where are we now? / A. Schofield
  • Chapter Two. Textual analysis of S / A. Schofield
  • Chapter Three. Serekh Ha-Yaḥad: Comparative evidence / A. Schofield
  • Chapter Four. External evidence: The classical sources / A. Schofield
  • Chapter Five. Archaeology of Qumran: The contemporary debate / A. Schofield
  • Conclusions / A. Schofield
  • Appendix A. Comparison of the penal codes / A. Schofield
  • Bibliography / A. Schofield
  • Index of modern authors / A. Schofield
  • Index of ancient sources / A. Schofield.