Women in the Damascus Document offers a fresh look at the nature of the community reflected in the Damascus Document, one of the core documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By presenting a close and comprehensive study of the references to women and in-depth analyses of biblically based laws in the document, this work attempts to reconstruct the role of women and attitudes toward women within the community. Highlighting the complex nature of the evidence, the author draws attention to a number of rules that reflect a favorable attitude toward women, but also to instances of a patriarchal stance, especially regarding sexuality. Carefully considering all the evidence, the author argues, in contrast to the opinions of many scholars, that women were full members in the community.
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Cecilia Wassen, Ph.D. (2003), McMaster University, is a Lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
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The Damascus Document (D) is widely accepted as a foundational document amongst the sectarian literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impurity period, early law code, expulsion ceremony, sectarian traits, tevul yom, transmits impurity, communal laws, primary impurity, holy perfection, literary layers, communal legislation, celibate group, literary strata, purification period, halakhic position, sectarian law, communal meetings, biblical legislation, sectarian literature, laws concerning women, person impure, covenant formulary, impurity carriers, sexual transgressors, impure people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dead Sea Scrolls, Damascus Document, Temple Scroll, New York, Second Temple, Hebrew Bible, Teacher of Righteousness, Zadokite Documents, Clarendon Press, Scholars Press, Testament of Job, The Essene Writings, Joseph Baumgarten, Philip Davies, Jewish Women, The Library of Qumran, Fortress Press, Lawrence Schiffman, Qumran Cave, Sabbath Songs, Fifty Years, High Priest, Jacob Milgrom, The Eschatological Community, White Crawford New!
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The Damascus Document (D) is widely accepted as a foundational document amongst the sectarian literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impurity period, early law code, expulsion ceremony, sectarian traits, tevul yom, transmits impurity, communal laws, primary impurity, holy perfection, literary layers, communal legislation, celibate group, literary strata, purification period, halakhic position, sectarian law, communal meetings, biblical legislation, sectarian literature, laws concerning women, person impure, covenant formulary, impurity carriers, sexual transgressors, impure people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dead Sea Scrolls, Damascus Document, Temple Scroll, New York, Second Temple, Hebrew Bible, Teacher of Righteousness, Zadokite Documents, Clarendon Press, Scholars Press, Testament of Job, The Essene Writings, Joseph Baumgarten, Philip Davies, Jewish Women, The Library of Qumran, Fortress Press, Lawrence Schiffman, Qumran Cave, Sabbath Songs, Fifty Years, High Priest, Jacob Milgrom, The Eschatological Community, White Crawford New!
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- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls: 2 Volume set by Lawrence H. Schiffman (Editor-in-Chief) on 11 pages
- THe Dead Sea Scrolls: What Have We learned 50 Years On? by Eileen Schuller on 11 pages
- The Qumran Community (Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian World) by Michael A. Knibb on 11 pages
- Damascus Texts (Companion To The Qumran Scrolls) by Charlotte Hempel on 5 pages
- Dead Sea Scrolls: The Complete Story by Jonathan Campbell on 4 pages
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