Esoteric wisdom texts from Qumran
The dominant approach to sapiential compositions found in the caves at and near Qumran has been based on traditional views of the wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible. The intention here is to look rather at the likely contexts of the transmission of the sapiential literature in the movement that preser...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2020
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-114 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wisdom literature
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
/ böse (Word)
/ Seclusion
/ Society
/ Hierarchy
/ Handwriting
B Esotericism |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Treatise on the Two Spirits
B 4QInstruction B Qumran B Wisdom Literature |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | The dominant approach to sapiential compositions found in the caves at and near Qumran has been based on traditional views of the wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible. The intention here is to look rather at the likely contexts of the transmission of the sapiential literature in the movement that preserved the Scrolls. In so doing, particular attention is given to esoteric writings. The first part of the paper outlines three key factors that indicate how a change of perspective might be justified and facilitated, namely views among biblical scholars that the overarching category of Wisdom Literature has lost much of its heuristic value, early Jewish views on evil and how to deal with it, and views on secrecy in early Judaism. The second major part is a brief consideration of sapiential compositions in the light of those key factors, suggesting a hierarchy of texts to match the social hierarchy and its accompanying hierarchy of knowledge for the group responsible for collecting the Scrolls in the caves at and near Qumran. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0951820720969375 |