The Heart of Self Formation: The Overlap of Moral Selfhood and Legalities in Ancient Scriptural Discourse

Abstract This article discusses the “heart” as part of the terminology for selfhood in ancient Jewish literature. After discussing a couple of criticisms of studies of the self and showing how these criticisms fail to persuade, the paper examines a range of texts in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Sc...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: Formation of the Subject$dEssays in Honor of Carol Newsom’s 70th Birthday
Main Author: Lasater, Phillip Michael 1984- (Author)
Contributors: Newsom, Carol Ann 1950- (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 367-395
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gemeinschaftsregel (Qumran Scrolls) / Heart (Motif) / Morals / Self / Law / Old Testament / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Heart
B Law
B moral self
B Selfhood
B Community Rule
B Festschrift
B Newsom, Carol Ann 1950-
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Summary:Abstract This article discusses the “heart” as part of the terminology for selfhood in ancient Jewish literature. After discussing a couple of criticisms of studies of the self and showing how these criticisms fail to persuade, the paper examines a range of texts in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and beyond for conceptions of the moral self. Special attention is given to the legal S tradition in the Scrolls as a fruitful illustration of how the self and law are recurring conceptual companions. In this legal tradition, a universalizing conception of selfhood and agency is rooted in local, practical concerns of a community.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-bja10025