The Damascus Document

by Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated lite; Chazon, Esther G.; Pinnick, Avital

• ISBN13: 9789004114623
• ISBN10: 9004114629
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The papers published in this volume were presented at the Third International Orion Symposium (1998), to mark the centennial of the discovery of the Damascus Document (CD) in the Cairo Geniza and the final publication of the 4QD manuscripts in the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert series.Since its discovery, CD has sparked lively debate about its sectarian origins and halacha, issues with far-reaching implications not only for the development of Jewish law but also for the very nature of Second Temple period Judaism and its continuity into the early medieval period.The contributors examine the physical reconstruction of CD, its relationship to other legal works in the Qumran corpus and to rabbinic law. Essays on specific legal topics, as well as historical perspectives, round out the volume.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
The Perception of the Past in the Damascus Document	1	(16)
Albert I. Baumgarten
The Laws of the Damascus Document---Between Bible and Mishnah	17	(10)
Joseph M. Baumgarten
The Judaism(s) of the Damascus Document	27	(18)
Philip R. Davies
CD 12:15-17 and the Stone Vessels Found at Qumran	45	(8)
Hanan Eshel
The Linguistic Study of the Damascus Document: A Historical Perspective	53	(16)
Steven E. Fassberg
The Laws of the Damascus Document and 4QMMT	69	(16)
Charlotte Hempel
The Relationship between the Damascus Document and the Community Rule	85	(10)
Sarianna Metso
Yose Ben Yoezer and the Qumran Sectarians on Purity Laws: Agreement and Controversy	95	(14)
Eyal Regev
The Damascus Document from the Cairo Genizah: Its Discovery, Early Study and Historical Significance	109	(24)
Stefan C. Reif
The Relationship of the Zadokite Fragments to the Temple Scroll	133	(14)
Lawrence H. Schiffman
Qumran Polemic on Marital Law: CD 4:20-5:11 and Its Social Background	147	(14)
Adiel Schremer
Scriptural Interpretations in the Damascus Document and Their Parallels in Rabbinic Midrash	161	(16)
Aharon Shemesh
Towards Physical Reconstructions of the Qumran Damascus Document Scrolls	177	(24)
Hartmut Stegemann
CD 11:17: Apart from Your Sabbaths	201	(14)
Cana Werman
Index of Ancient Sources	215	(10)
Index of Modern Authors	225