Sectarianism in Qumran [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-cultural perspective / / Eyal Regev

• Autore: Regev Eyal
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.8/15
• Soggetto topico: Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Jewish sects; Christian sects; Qumran community
• Soggetto non controllato: Ancient Judaism; Dead Sea Scolls/Qumran; Sectarianism/Sects; Sociology of Religion
• Classificazione: BC 8920
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-425) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: From Scrolls to Sects -- Part I Sectarian Ideologies in Qumran -- Chapter 1. Sectarian Ideologies and Social Theory: From Separation to Revelation -- Chapter 2. Abominated Temple and Moral Community: Purity, Morality and Sectarian Boundaries -- Chapter 3. Dynamic Holiness and Pre-Sectarianism in the Temple Scroll and MMT -- Chapter 4. Structure, Organization, and the Relationship between the yahad and the Damascus Covenant -- Part II. Related Movements: 1 Enoch, Jubilees and the Essenes -- Chapter 5. 1 Enoch and the Origins of Sectarian Tension -- Chapter 6. Jubilees' Reform Movement -- Chapter 7. The Essenes: An Outgrowth of the Qumran Movement? -- Part III. A Comparative Study of Sectarianism: The Qumran Sects and the Anabaptists, Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish, Puritans, Quakers and Shakers -- Chapter 8. Comparing Sectarian Rituals and Organizational Patterns -- Chapter 9. Gender and Sectarianism: Between Celibacy and Intimacy -- Chapter 10. Eliminating the Power of Wealth -- Chapter 11. Mysticism and the Holy Spirit -- Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Sectarianism in Qumran: A Cross-Cultural Perspective explores the sectarian characteristics of the system of beliefs and laws of the two major Qumran sects of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the yahad and the Damascus Covenant, using theories of sectarianism and related topics in sociology, anthropology and the study of religion. It discusses Qumranic moral and purity boundaries, cultic rituals, wealth, gender, atonement, revelation mysticism, structure and organization and compares them with those of seven sects of the same (introversionist) type: the early Anabaptists, Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish, Puritans, Quakers and Shakers. The sociological and historical relationship between the Qumran sects and the related movements of 1 Enoch, Jubilees and the Essenes are analyzed in detail, in order to understand the socio-religious background of sectarianism in Qumran and its subsequent variations. Throughout the chapters, differences between the yahad, the Damascus Covenant and the Essenes are observed in relation to social boundaries, social structure, gender relations, revelation and inclination towards mysticism. Points of resemblance and difference are traced between the Qumran sects and the early-modern Christian ones, and several different patterns of sectarian ideology and behaviour are noticed among all these sects.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sectarianism in Qumran
• ISBN: 3-11-089664-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788421703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; ; 45.