Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context /
Gillihan, Yonder Moynihan.
Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context / by Yonder Moynihan Gillihan. - 1 online resource (xxv, 586 pages) - Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 97 0169-9962 ; . - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 97. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346. .
Revised version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-552) and indexes.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Civic Ideology and Associational Formation / The Damascus Rule: A Politeia for the Righteous Remnant of Israel in the Evil Age (CD A [CD 1–16], CD B [CD 19–20]; 4QDa–h [4Q266–273]) / The Community Rule: Statutes for the Council of the Yaḥad (1QS || 4QSa–j [4Q255–264], 4Q275, 4Q279) / The Rule for the Congregation: A Politeia for Restored Israel at the End of Days (1QSA || 4QSEa-i [4Q249a-i]) / Conclusion and Synopsis / Bibliography / Index of Modern Authors / Index of Ancient Sources / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan.
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Over the past sixty years, several studies have demonstrated that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect was one of numerous voluntary associations that flourished in the Hellenistic-Roman age. Yet the origins of organizational and regulatory patterns that the sect shared with other associations have not been adequately explained. Drawing upon sociological studies of modern associations, this book argues that most ancient groups appropriated patterns from the state. Comparison of the Rule Scrolls with Greco-Roman constitutional literature, as well as philosophical, rabbinic, and early Christian texts, shows that the sect's appropriation helped articulate an \'alternative civic ideology\' by which members identified themselves as subjects of a commonwealth alternative and superior to that of the status quo. Like other associations with alternative civic ideology, the Covenanters studied constitution and law with the intention of reform, anticipating governance of restored Israel at the End of Days.
9789004212183
10.1163/9789004212183 DOI
2011022131
Dead Sea scrolls.
Religion and civil society--History.--Palestine
Religion and politics--History.--Palestine
Civil society--History.--Palestine
Palestine--Politics and government.
BL60 / .G5325 2012
296.1/55
Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context / by Yonder Moynihan Gillihan. - 1 online resource (xxv, 586 pages) - Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 97 0169-9962 ; . - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 97. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346. .
Revised version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-552) and indexes.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Civic Ideology and Associational Formation / The Damascus Rule: A Politeia for the Righteous Remnant of Israel in the Evil Age (CD A [CD 1–16], CD B [CD 19–20]; 4QDa–h [4Q266–273]) / The Community Rule: Statutes for the Council of the Yaḥad (1QS || 4QSa–j [4Q255–264], 4Q275, 4Q279) / The Rule for the Congregation: A Politeia for Restored Israel at the End of Days (1QSA || 4QSEa-i [4Q249a-i]) / Conclusion and Synopsis / Bibliography / Index of Modern Authors / Index of Ancient Sources / Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan -- Yonder Moynihan Gillihan.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Over the past sixty years, several studies have demonstrated that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect was one of numerous voluntary associations that flourished in the Hellenistic-Roman age. Yet the origins of organizational and regulatory patterns that the sect shared with other associations have not been adequately explained. Drawing upon sociological studies of modern associations, this book argues that most ancient groups appropriated patterns from the state. Comparison of the Rule Scrolls with Greco-Roman constitutional literature, as well as philosophical, rabbinic, and early Christian texts, shows that the sect's appropriation helped articulate an \'alternative civic ideology\' by which members identified themselves as subjects of a commonwealth alternative and superior to that of the status quo. Like other associations with alternative civic ideology, the Covenanters studied constitution and law with the intention of reform, anticipating governance of restored Israel at the End of Days.
9789004212183
10.1163/9789004212183 DOI
2011022131
Dead Sea scrolls.
Religion and civil society--History.--Palestine
Religion and politics--History.--Palestine
Civil society--History.--Palestine
Palestine--Politics and government.
BL60 / .G5325 2012
296.1/55