This book represents the first comprehensive study on the concept of ritual purity in the Dead
Sea Scrolls since the full publication of the legal material from Qumran. Utilizing an …

This book offers a novel approach for the study of law in the Judean Desert Scrolls, using the
prism of legal theory. Following a couple of decades of scholarly consensus withdrawing …

This study traces the emergence of the concept of the body as a sanctuary from its biblical
roots to its expressions in late Second Temple Judaism. Harrington's hypothesis is that the …

Benjamin A. Edsall provides a new approach to the classic quest for the preaching and
teaching (or the kerygma, didache and catechesis) of the early Church. His method draws …

This book focuses on the third section of one of the most important documents from the
Qumran library, the epilogue of 4QMMT. It re-evaluates the textual basis for this section, and …

This ambitious and engaging book sets itself the task of combining a wide range of
approaches to cast new light on the form and function of several ancient Jewish letters in a …

This collection of essays by Carol A. Newsom explores the indispensable role that rhetoric
and hermeneutics play in the production and reception of biblical and Second Temple …

This study examines how the concept of “Israel” was constructed and contested among
Jews, Samaritans, and (eventually) Christians in the Second Temple period. It explores how …

The article reconsiders 4QMMT's perspective on Torah and justification in view of the recent
debate about paradigms of covenantal nomism (EP Sanders) and of justification and …

4QMMT is one of only a few epistles among the Dead Sea Scrolls. It represents the Qumran
community's effort to correct impure priestly practice in the Jerusalem Temple, so that when …