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By John J. Collins

The useless Sea Scrolls contain many texts that have been produced by way of a sectarian stream (and additionally many who have been not). The circulate had its beginning in disputes concerning the interpretation of the Scriptures, specially the Torah, now not in disputes concerning the priesthood as had prior been assumed. The definitive holiday with the remainder of Judean society will be dated to the 1st century BCE instead of to the second one. John J. Collins illustrates how the worldview of the sect concerned a heightened experience of involvement within the heavenly, angelic international, and the desire for an afterlife in communion with the angels. The essays during this quantity are divided into 3 major sections, facing Scripture and Interpretation, heritage and Sectarianism, and Sectarian Worldview. the outlet essay offers an outline of what we now have discovered from the Scrolls, and the final essay discusses the relation of the Scrolls to early Christianity.

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56 One might equally well argue that these practices were singled out because of their symbolic value. For the same reason, it was forbidden to have copies of the Torah, the iconic representation of the Judean way of life (1 Macc 1:56). These were the practices most widely associated with Judaism. In addition to practices like circumcision and Sabbath observance, the king also struck at the temple cult, the most prominent public expression of the Jewish way of life, both by forbidding the traditional offerings and requiring sacrifices to foreign gods.

The ways of the Teacher of Righteousness and of Jesus were alternative paths in the context of ancient Judaism, different ways in which the Jewish tradition might be appropriated and different interpretations of its scriptures. Part One Scripture and Interpretation CHAPTER TWO The Transformation of the Torah in Second Temple Judaism The Dead Sea Scrolls have provided ample confirmation, if any were needed, of the centrality of the Torah in late Second Temple Judaism. The Torah was the well dug by the “penitents of Israel” in CD 6:4, from which the Interpreter of the Law derived the statutes by which they should live.

E. The Temple Scroll and Jubilees 31 We might expect an intensification of Torah observance when the Pharisees held sway. So, while the Hasmoneans were not noted for their piety, by professing adherence to the Law they opened the way for stricter halakhic debate and observance. The Temple Scroll and Jubilees The oldest extant works that show sustained engagement with halakhic issues are the Temple Scroll and Jubilees. Neither of these works is thought to be a product of the “new covenant” or the dxy.

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