Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls

di John J. Collins (Autore)

William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2009

With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be -- and indeed, should be -- made. Beyond the Qumran Community does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confi ned to the site of Qumran. / John J. Collins here deconstructs -the Qumran community- and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. He examines the Community Rule, or Yahad, and considers the Teacher of Righteousness, a pivotal fi gure in the Essene movement. After examining the available evidence, Collins concludes that it is, in fact, overwhelmingly likely that the site of Qumran housed merely a single settlement of a very widespread movement.

• Autore: John J. Collins
• Editore: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 266 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 159 mm
• Peso: 408 gr.
• EAN: 9780802828873

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