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DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDAEAN DESERT: VOLUME XXVI. QUMRAN CAVE 4: XIX
SEREKH HA-YAHAD AND RELATED TEXTS |
| By: |
Philip S. Alexander (Editor), Geza Vermes (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198269811 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198269816 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 July, 1998 |
| Series: |
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXVI |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
This volume presents the long-awaited edition of the Cave 4 manuscripts of Serekh Ha-Yahad or The Rule of the Community, in which the Essenes detailed the guidelines for membership in their community. It is extremely important for understanding the nature, practice, and ideology of the Qumran covenanters. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume presents the long-awaited edition of the Cave 4 manuscripts of Serekh Ha-Yahad or The Rule of the Community, in which the Essenes detailed the guidelines for membership in their community. Also known as the Manual of Discipline, a complete scroll was found in Cave 1 at Qumran and this edition illuminates the textual and redactional history of Dead Sea literature. The document is extremely important for understanding the nature, practice, and ideology of the Qumran covenanters. |
| Illustrations: |
24 halftone plates |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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