Qumran Cave 4
XIX: Serekh Ha-Yahad and Related Texts
ISBN13: 9780198269816ISBN10: 0198269811
Hardback,
296 pages
Oct 1998,
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Description
This volume presents the long-awaited edition of the Cave 4 manuscripts of Serekh Ha-Yahad or The Rule of the Community, in which the Essenes detailed the guidelines for membership in their community. It is extremely important for understanding the nature, practice, and ideology of the Qumran covenanters.Reviews
"This volume represents well the high level of scholarly achievement and the clarity of presentation that has become typical of the DJD series. The authors and the series editor, E. Tov, are to be congratulated for keeping these absolutely fundamental publications at so high a level."-- Journal of Near Eastern Studies
About the Author(s)
Edited by Philip Alexander, Professor of Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, and Geza Vermes, Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies, Oxford University
