The Rule of the Association and Related Texts

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John J. Collins (Holmes Professor of Old Testament Emeritus, Yale University) James Nati (Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology)

The Rule of the Association and Related Texts

John J. Collins (Holmes Professor of Old Testament Emeritus, Yale University), James Nati (Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology)

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Oxford University Press
09 July 2024

Biblical archaeology; Christianity; Judaism: sacred texts

Series: Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first Scrolls published, in 1951. Several related fragmentary scrolls subsequently came to light. This book provides text, translation, and commentary on all these manuscripts, with a substantial introduction that locates the Rule in the context of the sectarian movement. Distinctive features of this commentary include: presentation of the Hebrew text; treatment of the related manuscripts as texts in their own right, not just as stages in the development of 1QS; recognition that this was a rule for a movement with many settlements and not just for the community that lived at Qumran; recognition of graded levels of holiness within 1QS; recognition of conceptual differences between 1QS and some of the related fragments with regard to the nature and goals of the association; discussion of the broader cultural context of voluntary associations in the Hellenistic world, and the influence of Persian dualism on the Instruction on the Two Spirits in 1QS 3-4.

The commentary also engages the full range of scholarship on the texts known as 1QSa (The Rule of the Community) and 1QSb (The Scroll of Blessings) which were copied on the same scroll as 1QS but appear to have originated separately.

By: John J. Collins (Holmes Professor of Old Testament Emeritus Yale University), James Nati (Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780198845744
ISBN 10: 019884574X
Series: Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 09 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Introductory Statement and Covenant Renewal (1QS 1:1-3:12) 3: 1QS 3:13-4:26. The Instruction on the Two Spirits 4: Rules of the Association (1QS 5:1-7:25) 5: 1QS 8:1-9:11. An Elite Community 6: 1QS 9:12-11:22. The Maskil 7: 1QSa. The Rule of the Congregation 8: 1QSb.The Scroll of Blessings (1QSb) Related Fragments from Caves 1, 4, and 5 9: Introduction and Bibliographic Note 10: 1Q29a 11: 4QSa (4Q255) 12: 4QSb (4Q256) 13: 4QSc (4Q257) 14: 4QSd (4Q258) 15: 4QSe (4Q259 & 4Q319) 16: 4QSf (4Q260) 17: 4QSg (4Q261) 18: 4QSh (4Q262) 19: 4QSi (4Q263) 20: 4QSj 21: 5Q11 22: 11Q29 Bibliography

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Yale University. He has held Academic appointments at the University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, and Yale, and has honorary Degrees from University College Dublin and the University of Zurich. he has been President of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature. He has been editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature, Dead Sea Discoveries, Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplements, and Anchor Yale Bible. He is member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has published widely on the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Apocalypticis. James Nati, PhD (Yale, 2019) is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology. He is the author of Textual Criticism and the Ontology of Literature in Early Judaism: An Analysis of the Serekh ha-Yahad (Brill, 2022). His research focuses on the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, and on the Dead Sea Scrolls in particular.