The Social Matrix that Shaped the Hebrew Bible and Gave us the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Abstract

This study explores intriguing points of contact between embryonic sectarianism as identified in the Dead Sea Scrolls with emerging sectarianism in the Hebrew Bible. In particular, I suggest that the small fellowship groups that ultimately gave rise to the Qumran milieu are the heirs of the Torah-disciples identified by Alexander Rofé as lying behind the shaping of the Hebrew Bible. My particular focus is a passage from the opening lines of 1QS 6 (1QS 6:6b-7a), read side by side with Josh 1:8 and Ps 1:2. This approach offers opportunities to bridge the gap between the circles that shaped the final stages of parts of the Hebrew Bible and incipient communal life as described in 1QS 6:6b-7a.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon
EditorsGeoffrey Khan, Diana Lipton
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Pages221-237
Number of pages27
ISBN (Print)9789004217300
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011

Publication series

NameVetus Testamentum Supplement Series
Volume149

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