| Wealth in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Qumran Community Contributor(s): Murphy, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004119345 ISBN-13: 9789004119345 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $292.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: This volume is concerned with exploring sectarian attitudes toward wealth and the economic practices that gave rise to and issued from those attitudes. An introductory chapter establishes the state of the question. Three subsequent chapters focus on major sectarian texts: the Damascus Document, the Rule of the Community, and 4QInstruction A. Other sectarian and non-sectarian texts that mention wealth are discussed in a fifth chapter, while archaeological evidence from the Qumran region and contemporary documentary texts are introduced in chapters seven and eight. Finally, ancient secondary testimony on Essene economic practices is discussed. The book breaks new ground in arguing for several biblical rationales for the practice of shared wealth. Its integration of archaeological and documentary evidence sheds surprising new light on the economic organization of the Qumran community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 296.155 |
| LCCN: 2001046478 |
| Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| Physical Information: 1.96" H x 6.58" W x 9.56" (3.03 lbs) 688 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is concerned with exploring sectarian attitudes toward wealth and the economic practices that gave rise to and issued from those attitudes. An introductory chapter establishes the state of the question. Three subsequent chapters focus on major sectarian texts: the Damascus Document, the Rule of the Community, and 4QInstruction A. Other sectarian and non-sectarian texts that mention wealth are discussed in a fifth chapter, while archaeological evidence from the Qumran region and contemporary documentary texts are introduced in chapters seven and eight. Finally, ancient secondary testimony on Essene economic practices is discussed. The book breaks new ground in arguing for several biblical rationales for the practice of shared wealth. Its integration of archaeological and documentary evidence sheds surprising new light on the economic organization of the Qumran community. |