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Wealth in the Dead Sea scrolls and in the Qumran community / by Catherine M. Murphy

Author
Murphy, Catherine M., 1961-
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 672 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Introduction -- Wealth in the Damascus document -- Wealth in the rule of the community -- Wealth in instruction -- Wealth in other literature found at Qumran -- Archaeological evidence of wealth from the Qumran site and vicinity -- Wealth in documentary materials from the Judean desert -- Secondary testimony to Essene economic practices -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A: Parallel passages on wealth in all Damascus document manuscripts -- Appendix B: Parallel passages on wealth in all rule manuscripts -- Appendix C: Outline of the rule of the community (1QS) based on paragraph markings -- Appendix D: Arrangement of the rules of communal discipline in 1QS VI 24-VII 25 -- Appendix E: Archaeological site plan of the Qumran compound c.31 B.C.E. -- Apendix F: Comparative structure of various types of documentary texts -- Appendix G: Transcriptions of plates -- Appendix H: The Dead Sea region.
Summary
This volume is concerned with exploring sectarian attitudes toward wealth and the economic practices that gave rise to and issued from those attitudes. It argues for several biblical rationales for the practice of shared wealth.
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1417573392 (electronic bk.)
9781417573394 (electronic bk.)
9004119345 (alk. paper)
9789004119345 (alk. paper)
9047400658
9789047400653
9786610464500
6610464502
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-571) and index.
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