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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783595903321

Autore

Clark-Soles Jaime

Titolo

Scripture Cannot Be Broken : The Social Function of the Use of Scripture in the Fourth Gospel / / Jaime Clark-Soles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003

ISBN

1-280-46385-6

9786610463855

1-4237-1444-X

90-474-0334-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

226.5/067

Soggetti

Qumran community

Social scientific criticism of sacred works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sociological models -- The Qumran community -- The Branch Davidian community -- The community of the Fourth Gospel.

Sommario/riassunto

Scripture is powerful for all who lend it authority. Clark-Soles explores the ways in which the author of the Fourth Gospel deploys scripture to form his sectarian community. The first part of the book provides the sociological framework for addressing the role of scripture within sectarian communities. By definition, sects are in conflict with a parent tradition. How, if at all, does a sect appropriate those texts that not only "belong" to the parent tradition but also are used by that parent tradition to deride the sectarians? By investigating the dynamics of scripture in the ancient Qumran community and in the modern Branch Davidian community, Clark-Soles sheds light on the community of the Fourth Gospel.