Qumran Cave 4: XXXV: Halakhic Texts (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert) [Hardcover]

Joseph Baumgarten (Editor), Torleif Elgvin (Editor), Esther Eshel (Editor), Erik Larson (Editor), Manfred R. Lehmann (Editor), Stephen Pfann (Editor), Lawrence H. Schiffman (Editor), Jï¿1/2sef T. Milik (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 10, 2000 | Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (Book 35)

Religious observance in all areas of life was an issue of major importance to the Qumran community. Several collections of laws or halakhot from Qumran bear witness to the parallel development of these laws with those that emerged within Rabbinic Judaism. This volume includes several such compositions of which Tohorot is the largest.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a very important volume which has been well produced by both the editors and the publishers. It puts into the public domain a number of legal compositions which, alongside other works of a broadly similar nature, are increasingly seen as vital for our understanding of the identity, origins and nature of the group behind the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls ... This addition to the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert series will rightly be welcomed by all engaged in Dead Sea Scrolls study, as well as by others with wider research interests in Jewish law. Journal of Semitic Studies An important and interesting collection of texts. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

About the Author

Joseph Baumgarten is at Baltimore Hebrew College.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198270062
• ISBN-13: 978-0198270065
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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