Dualism in Qumran

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-567-23435-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, Band 76, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: The Library of Second Temple Studies

The importance of dualistic thinking within the Dead Sea Scrolls has always been emphasised in Qumran Studies. Nevertheless, in the last two decades the research on Qumran dualism seems to have been on the margins of scholarly interest.

The main result of contemporary research in this area is support for the conviction that one cannot postulate compelling doctrines in the ‘theology of Qumran’ — the group did not want to develop a sophisticated doctrinal system; rather, they collected and mediated various aspects of the theology of their times. Since virtually all the Qumran material has been published, it is now apposite to evaluate several oft-debated topics of scholarly research. The theme of ‘dualism in Qumran’ is one such area in need of fresh investigation. The contributors of the present volume begin this work and open up new fields that might stimulate further reflection on the problem, assessing such issues as: the origin of Qumran’s dualism; the literary growth of the passages in question; and the social/ideological setting of the dualistic passages within the Qumran Library.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xeravits, Géza G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Abbreviations
Contributors
Foreword
1. Introduction: Géza Xeravits
2. Dualism in the Qumran War Texts: Philip R. Davies
3. Looking for Sapiential Dualism at Qumran: Matthew Goff
4. Another Look at Dualism in Qumran Writings: Paul Heger
5. The Treatise on the Two Spirits and the Literary History of the Rule of the Community: Charlotte Hempel
6. Evil, Dualism and Community: Who/What Did the Yahad not want to be?: Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer
7. Light and Darkness in the Treatise on the Two Spirits (1QS III 13 – IV 26) and in 4Q186: Mladern Popovic
8. Dualism and Penitential Prayer in the Rule of the Community (1QS): Emmanuel O. Tukasi

Über Autor(innen)

Géza G. Xeravits is professor and chair at the Department of Bible, Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary. The main field of his research is early Jewish literature, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament.