QUMRAN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND TERMINOLOGY AS THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT
The diversity of the organizational terminology used in the various Qumran rule texts is apparent in all levels of the community structure: the community as a whole, the different groups of members, the community officials, and the organizational units. This article examines whether and how the diff...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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Revue de Qumran
Year: 2002, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 429-444 |
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| Summary: | The diversity of the organizational terminology used in the various Qumran rule texts is apparent in all levels of the community structure: the community as a whole, the different groups of members, the community officials, and the organizational units. This article examines whether and how the different terms can be fit together and studies their theological background. It is the thesis of this article that the terms did not merely function as organizational definitions but served a theological function as well, i.e., expressed the self-understanding of the community, and that sociological clarity was less the goal of the Essene writers than theological impact. La diversité de la terminologie organisationnelle utilisée dans maints textes réglementaires de Qumrân est chose évidente dans tous les niveaux de la structure communautaire : la communauté dans sa totalité; les membres de différents groupes; les responsables communautaires et les unités organisationnelles. Cet article examine comment les différents termes s'accordent entre eux et étudie leur assise théologique. Notre hypothèse est que ces termes ne fonctionnent pas qu'à titre de définition organisationnelle, mais servis aussi de fonction théologique tel que auto-compréhension de la communauté, la clarté sociologique était moins le dessein d'auteurs esséniens que leur impact théologique. |
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| ISSN: | 2506-7567 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue de Qumran
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