Transmitting Divine Mysteries: The Prophetic Role of Wisdom Teachers in the Dead Sea Scrolls

2019 ◽  
pp. 631-650
Keyword(s):  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
The Dead

scholarly journals Examining the Reception and Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Some Possibilities for Future Investigation

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-246
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Film Music ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe last sixty years afford us a remarkable, though largely unexplored, opportunity to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls from the perspective of “reception history.” This article first provides an overview of what has already been done with regard to this goal and highlights the importance and timeliness of such an approach, suggesting that it is furthermore a necessary endeavor if Qumran Studies is to keep pace with developments in the wider world of Biblical Studies. It continues by outlining some possible directions for future investigation, identifying academic reception, popular reception, and processes of knowledge transfer as three main areas or categories into which such examinations could helpfully be divided. The internal processes of scrolls scholarship, the relationship between Qumran Studies and Biblical Studies, gender issues, the scrolls in literature, film, music, and art, and the role of exhibitions, documentaries, and newspapers, are all highlighted as potential areas for future research.

scholarly journals The Dead Sea Scrolls dan Sumbangsihnya terhadap Kanon Perjanian Lama

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Fati Aro Zega
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
The World ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
The Dead

Many have attacked the inerrancy and infability of the Bible. Inherence which means free from defects, in writing and infability means infallibility, in the teachings, which conservative evangelicals hold firm to the Bible, are always under attack and accusations, that the Bible is no longer authentic. Through descriptive qualitative methods with library studies, it can be concluded that there is a role of archeology and the dating of dead sea scrolls so that in the Qumran Old Testament, which is approximately 2,200 years old, it adds one manuscript evidence about the authenticity of copying. The Scriptures of no religion have documentary evidence like this. More importantly, the contribution of The Dead Sea Scrolls is evident through the acknowledgment of the world of critical scholarship which must undeniably admit that the events of Jesus are historical events, not as they have been about

Sectarian Marital Practice: Rethinking the Role of Sexuality in the Dead Sea Scrolls

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-361
Author(s):  
Maxine L. Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Social Norm ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Damascus Document ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Sociological Approaches ◽  
Community Rule ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractDead Sea Scrolls scholarship has historically emphasized a binary between the celibate yaḥad of the Community Rule and the marrying edah of the Damascus Document and Rule of the Congregation. An early focus on celibacy has given way in recent years to arguments for the near ubiquity of marriage in the scrolls movement. In place of dichotomies of marriage and celibacy, the complexities of sexuality in the scrolls are best understood in terms of a sexually-limiting sectarian marital practice. This marital practice is grounded in a theology of perfection and is best understood in light of sociological approaches to the evidence in the scrolls. In addition to better explaining the evidence for sexuality in the scrolls, a reading from this perspective may, potentially, shed light on the perennial question of whether the movement began with marriage or celibacy as its prevailing social norm.

The Role of Redaction Criticism in the Evaluation of a Textual Variant: Another Look at 1QIsaª XXXII 14 (38:21–22)

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Stromberg
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Redaction Criticism ◽  
The Dead

AbstractWith the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, new emphasis has been placed on the extent to which the last stages of the formation of the Hebrew Bible have been preserved in early manuscripts. It is very widely held that such manuscript evidence comes in 1QIsaª XXXII 14. Here, Isa 38:21–22, which commentators suspected were secondary long before the discovery of the scrolls, are written in a secondary hand partly down the margin. This has led to the conclusion that 1QIsaª preserves an earlier unexpanded form of this passage. In this study, I argue that, despite the validity of this approach and attractiveness of this specific case, 1QIsaª XXXII 14 more likely reflects an omission. It will be seen that a redactional analysis of Isa 38, informed by the parallel in 2 Kgs 20, illuminates the text-critical evaluation of 1QIsa&ordf XXXII 14.

An Altar in the Desert?

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Alison Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Spatial Theory ◽  
Conceptual Spaces ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
Damascus Document ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Community Rule ◽  
Rule Out

Jodi Magness’ proposal that an altar existed at Qumran leaves some unanswered questions; nevertheless, her conclusions are worthy of consideration. This study examines her claim that the residents at Qumran had an altar, modeled off of the Wilderness Tabernacle, through the lens of critical spatial theory. The conceptual spaces of some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as The Damascus Document and The Community Rule, as well as the spatial practices of the site of Qumran do not rule out – and even support – the idea that Qumran itself was highly delimited and therefore its spaces hierarchized in such a way that it could have supported a central cultic site.

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