Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls

With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be -- and indeed, should be -- made. Beyond the Qumran Community does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confi ned to the site of Qumran. / John J. Collins here deconstructs "the Qumran community" and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. He examines the Community Rule, or Yahad, and considers the Teacher of Righteousness, a pivotal fi gure in the Essene movement. After examining the available evidence, Collins concludes that it is, in fact, overwhelmingly likely that the site of Qumran housed merely a single settlement of a very widespread movement.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 11/01/2009
ISBN: 9780802828873
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 12/11/2009 pg. 22
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 18