The Serekh Texts

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-567-04092-3
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 326 g

Reihe: The Library of Second Temple Studies

The Serekh Texts introduces the twelve manuscripts of the Community Rule focusing on their content, textual history, literary function, and significance for the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity.

It provides an accessible summary of current scholarly discussion on the central topics related to the Community Rule, such as the community's identity and history.

Offers comprehensive bibliographies for further study.

This book discusses the central rule documents, called Serekh texts, produced by a pious Jewish community of the Essenes that lived at Qumran by the Dead Sea at the turn of the era. The texts describe the life of a highly ascetic group that had rejected the hellenistic mainstream Jewish culture and had withdrawn into the desert to live a life of perfect obedience to the Torah. The writings of the community open a fascinating window onto the religious life in Palestine at the time of the emergence of early Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. There are few other contemporary Jewish sources in which the life and religious practices of a Jewish group are so vividly and authentically illustrated.

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Metso, Sarianna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editions, Translations, and Bibliographies
1.Introduction 2. Genre and Contents
3. Phases of Textual Growth
4. Commentary on Key Passages
5. The Community Rule and the Bible
6. Texts Related to the Community Rule
7. Function of Rule Texts in the Essene Community
Cumulative Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Sarianna Metso is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Albion College and author of The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule (Leiden: Brill, 1997)