“Sectual” Performance in Rule Texts
In this article, I examine descriptions of community meetings in Rule Texts to outline the content, authority, and functions of membership’s oral performance in the sectarian movement associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. In particular, I explore portrayals of oral performance during local chapter m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-38 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sektenregel (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Gemeinschaftsregel (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Qumran Community
/ Text
/ Performance of
/ Orality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Community Rule
Damascus Document
oral performance
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | In this article, I examine descriptions of community meetings in Rule Texts to outline the content, authority, and functions of membership’s oral performance in the sectarian movement associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. In particular, I explore portrayals of oral performance during local chapter meetings (1QS 6:1b–7a), nightly study sessions (1QS 6:7b–8a), general membership meetings (1QS 6:8b–13a; CD 14:3b–12a), covenant renewal ceremonies (1QS 1:24–26; CD 20:27–30), admission procedures (1QS 5:7c–9a, 6:13b–23; CD 15:5b–10a), and a meeting of Israel in the last days (1QSa 1:1–6a). Overall, I argue that oral performance consistently played a vital role in members’ lives, whenever and wherever they lived. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341451 |
