The Emotional Re-Experiencing of the Hortatory Narratives Found in the Admonition of the Damascus Document
This article proposes that the emotional re-experiencing of the hortatory narratives found in the Admonition section of the Damascus Document (cols. 1–8; 19–20) may have been instrumental in preparing the community for an optimal reception of the laws that follow. The sectarian’s imaginative and ego...
| Published in: | Dead Sea discoveries |
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| Subtitles: | Religious Experience and the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Damaskusschrift (Qumran Scrolls) 1-8
/ Damaskusschrift (Qumran Scrolls) 19-20
/ Admonitory text
/ Religious experience
/ Emotion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Damascus Document
Admonition
Narrative and Law
Emotion
Category of Knowledge
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| Summary: | This article proposes that the emotional re-experiencing of the hortatory narratives found in the Admonition section of the Damascus Document (cols. 1–8; 19–20) may have been instrumental in preparing the community for an optimal reception of the laws that follow. The sectarian’s imaginative and egocentric re-enactment of the negatively valenced emotions in these vignettes could have made foundational events of covenant re-making accessible with the vividness of first-hand experiences. The generation of self-diminishment that arises from re-experiencing these negative emotions could have staged an experience of God’s immediacy, thereby replicating the conditions of divine encounter associated with the covenantal reception of laws. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341363 |