Torah for “The Age of Wickedness”: The Authority of the Damascus and Serekh Texts in Light of Biblical and Rewritten Traditions
Considerable attention has been paid recently to the similarities between the composition and development of biblical texts, rewritten scripture-type texts, and the major Qumran rule scrolls. This study adds a new dimension to that work by comparing the authority claims of the Damascus Document (D)...
| Published in: | Dead Sea discoveries |
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| Subtitles: | Titelzusatz:The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2013
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Dead Sea discoveries
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Authority
/ Damaskusschrift (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Gemeinschaftsregel (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Deuteronomium
/ Tempelrolle (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Book of Jubilees
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Authority
rewriting
Damascus Document
Community Rule
Deuteronomy
Temple Scroll
Jubilees
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| Summary: | Considerable attention has been paid recently to the similarities between the composition and development of biblical texts, rewritten scripture-type texts, and the major Qumran rule scrolls. This study adds a new dimension to that work by comparing the authority claims of the Damascus Document (D) and the Community Rule (S) with those made by Deuteronomy, the Temple Scroll (TS), and Jubilees. While D and S lack the pseudepigraphic self-presentation of the others, they share with them a concern to present themselves as the most authentic expression of God’s revealed will. D and S resemble Deuteronomy in particular in their use of several specific literary techniques to claim authority by means of asserting a close relationship with existing authoritative revelation. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341284 |