Performance, Space, and Time in the Dead Sea ScrollsPapers from the Eleventh Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Zürich 2022
Series:
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 154Editors: Michael B. Johnson, Jutta Jokiranta, and Molly M. Zahn
The collection focuses on performative and ritual aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls, originating from the IOQS 2022 meeting. The concept of ritualization is examined at both individual and collective levels, using ritualization of covenant as a case study. Other essays examine performative aspects of the Hodayot manuscripts, and singing, meditation, and poetic form in Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. Spatial aspects are examined in two essays: one argues against the common assumption that the temple city in the Temple Scroll is clearly or only referring to Jerusalem, and the other essay demonstrates 4QMMT’s legal stringency in the question of the presence of dogs in Jerusalem. Aramaic compositions are examined for their view of priesthood. Finally, past, present and future time is argued to be brought together in ritual, with the result that the role of eschatological time in the Scrolls should be complemented by ritual time.
Copyright Year: 2025
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