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Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code

Lawrence H. Schiffman
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  • Contents

  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Publishers’ Preface
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
    • 1. The Problem
    • 2. The Manual of Discipline
    • 3. The Rule of the Congregation
    • 4. The Zadokite Fragments
    • 5. Relationship of the Texts
    • 6. The Sectarian Community
    • 7. The Enigma of the Temple Scroll
    • 8. The Derivation of Law
    • 9. The Method
    • Notes
  • I. Judges and Their Qualifications
    • 1. The Law of Judges
    • 2. The Number of Judges on a Court
    • 3. The Composition of the Court
    • 4. Selection and Terms of Judges
    • 5. Minimum Age of Judges
    • 6. Maximum Age of Judges
    • 7. Ages of Other Sectarian Officials
    • 8. Rabbinic Parallels
    • 9. Some Functions of Judges
    • 10. Summary
    • Notes
  • II. The Qualifications of Witnesses
    • 1. The Law of Witnesses
    • 2. Minimum Age of Witnesses
    • 3. The Age of Twenty in Jewish Sources
    • 4. Moral Qualifications for Witnesses
    • 5. The Testimony of Women
    • 6. Twenty as the Age of Majority at Qumran
    • 7. Summary
    • Notes
  • III. The Law of Testimony
    • 1. Witnesses and their Testimony
    • 2. The Number of Witnesses Required
    • 3. Combination of Testimony
    • 4. Summary
    • Notes
  • IV. Reproof as a Requisite for Punishment
    • 1. The Law of Reproof
    • 2. Reproof in Qumran Literature
    • 3. Reproof as a Legal Procedure
    • 4. The Importance of Reproof
    • 5. Reproof and Rabbinic “Warning”
    • 6. Summary
    • Notes
  • V. The Restoration of Lost or Stolen Property
    • 1. The Oath of Adjuration
    • 2. Medieval Parallels
    • 3. Restoration in the Absence of an Owner
    • 4. Restoration of Lost Objects
    • 5. Summary
    • Notes
  • VI. The Use of Divine Names
    • 1. The Tetragrammaton in Qumran Law
    • 2. Swearing of Oaths
    • 3. Pronouncing a Curse by the Divine Name
    • 4. Escape from Danger
    • 5. Scriptural Readings and Benedictions
    • 6. Summary
    • Notes
  • VII. The Sectarian Penal Code
    • 1. Purpose of the Sectarian Penal Code
    • 2. Formulation of the Penalty Clauses
    • 3. Ritual Purity and Impurity and the Admission Process
    • 4. Ritual Purity and Impurity and the Penalties
    • 5. Expulsion from the Sect
    • 6. Summary
    • Notes
  • VIII. The Communal Meal
    • 1. The Non-Sacral Character of the Communal Meals
    • 2. The Messianic Banquet
    • 3. Archaeological Evidence of the Communal Meal
    • 4. Summary
    • Notes
  • Conclusion: Law and Community in the Dead Sea Scrolls
    • 1. The Sectarian Legal System
    • 2. Scriptural Authority and Sectarian Law
    • 3. The Agenda of the Sectarian Codes
    • 4. Private Property
    • 5. Marriage
    • 6. The Priesthood
    • 7. Ritual Purity and Impurity
    • 8. The Organic Character of Sectarian Law
    • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Citations
    • 1. Hebrew Scriptures
    • 2. Qumran Literature
    • 3. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
    • 4. Philo and Josephus
    • 5. New Testament
    • 6. Rabbinic Literature
    • A. Mishnah
    • B. Tosefta
    • C. Palestinian Talmud
    • D. Babylonian Talmud
    • E. Targumim
    • F. Midrashim
  • Index of Hebrew and Aramaic Terms
  • General Index
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Published: 1983
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
Copyright Holder: Brown University
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  • 978-1-951498-45-0 (ebook)
  • 978-1-951498-46-7 (PDF)
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  • Religion

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