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Emerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Continuity, Separation, and Conflict
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 141
These essays reflect the lively debate about the sectarian movement of the Scrolls. They debate the degree to which the movement was separated from the rest of Judaism, and whether there was one or several watershed moments in the separation. Notable contributions include a cluster of essays on the Teacher of Righteousness and a thorough survey of the archaeology of Qumran. The texts are problematic in historical research because they rely on biblical stereotypes. Nonetheless, possible interpretations can be compared and degrees of probability debated. The debate is significant not only for the sect but for the nature of ancient Judaism.
John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Emeritus, Yale. Honorary Professor, Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. His books include The Apocalyptic Imagination, Beyond the Qumran Community, The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Biography, and The Invention of Judaism. Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul.
Ananda Geyser-Fouché is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Pretoria. She has published many articles and was the sub-editor of the bundle in HTS Theological Studies: âOriginal Research: Special Collection Qumran Textsâ, 2016 and co-editor of Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Essays in Memory of Peter W. Flint, STDJ 130.
Ananda Geyser-Fouché is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Pretoria. She has published many articles and was the sub-editor of the bundle in HTS Theological Studies: âOriginal Research: Special Collection Qumran Textsâ, 2016 and co-editor of Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Essays in Memory of Peter W. Flint, STDJ 130.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Emerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Continuity, Separation, and Conflict
âAnanda Geyser-Fouché
2 Sectarian or Not: What Is the Question?
âEsther G. Chazon
3 Sectarian and Non-sectarian Literature: What Does It Mean and How Does This Distinction Work Today?
âWith a Short Case Study on the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
âMichael R. Jost
4 The Transmission of Greek Translations in Judea and the Origin of the Qumran Sectarian Movement
âGideon R. Kotzé
5 Unity and Diversity in Qumran Hebrew: Evidence from Quantification
âJacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé
6 Community Formation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Beyond the Watershed Paradigm
âCharlotte Hempel
7 The Origins of Sectarian Boundary Marking and the âShifters of the Boundaryâ: The Damascus Document and Cultural Memory
âAlbert Hogeterp
8 4QMMT and D: Reconsidering the Social Context and Early History of the Dead Sea Scrolls Communities
âGareth Wearne
9 Telling a Qumran Story: Perspectives from the Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab)
âGert T.M. Prinsloo
10 Identifying the Wicked Priest
âOren Ableman
11 A Fresh Approach to a Vexed Problem
âTimothy H. Lim
12 The Teacher of Righteousness Revisited
âJohn J. Collins
13 Look Whoâs Talking: Reconsidering the Speaker in the âTeacher Hymnsâ (1QHa)
âMichael B. Johnson
14 The Persona of the Teacher: A Qualified Endorsement of the Teacher Hymn Hypothesis
âChristopher S. Atkins
15 Qumran in the Late Hellenistic Period: An Archaeological Reassessment
âDennis Mizzi
Index of Passages
Index of Modern Authors
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Emerging Sectarianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Continuity, Separation, and Conflict
âAnanda Geyser-Fouché
Part 1: Continuity
2 Sectarian or Not: What Is the Question?
âEsther G. Chazon
3 Sectarian and Non-sectarian Literature: What Does It Mean and How Does This Distinction Work Today?
âWith a Short Case Study on the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
âMichael R. Jost
4 The Transmission of Greek Translations in Judea and the Origin of the Qumran Sectarian Movement
âGideon R. Kotzé
5 Unity and Diversity in Qumran Hebrew: Evidence from Quantification
âJacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé
Part 2: Separation
6 Community Formation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Beyond the Watershed Paradigm
âCharlotte Hempel
7 The Origins of Sectarian Boundary Marking and the âShifters of the Boundaryâ: The Damascus Document and Cultural Memory
âAlbert Hogeterp
8 4QMMT and D: Reconsidering the Social Context and Early History of the Dead Sea Scrolls Communities
âGareth Wearne
Part 3: Conflict: The Teacher and the Wicked Priest
9 Telling a Qumran Story: Perspectives from the Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab)
âGert T.M. Prinsloo
10 Identifying the Wicked Priest
âOren Ableman
11 A Fresh Approach to a Vexed Problem
âTimothy H. Lim
12 The Teacher of Righteousness Revisited
âJohn J. Collins
13 Look Whoâs Talking: Reconsidering the Speaker in the âTeacher Hymnsâ (1QHa)
âMichael B. Johnson
14 The Persona of the Teacher: A Qualified Endorsement of the Teacher Hymn Hypothesis
âChristopher S. Atkins
Part 4: Qumran
15 Qumran in the Late Hellenistic Period: An Archaeological Reassessment
âDennis Mizzi
Index of Passages
Index of Modern Authors
Biblical Scholars, scholars of Second Temple Judaism, and graduate students