Author : Philip S. Alexander
Release : 1998
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Qumran Cave 4 by : Philip S. Alexander
Download or read book Qumran Cave 4 written by Philip S. Alexander. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the long-awaited edition of the Cave 4 manuscripts of Serekh Ha-Yahad or The Rule of the Community, in which the Essenes detailed the guidelines for membership in their community. Also known as the Manual of Discipline, a complete scroll was found in Cave 1 at Qumran and this edition illuminates the textual and redactional history of Dead Sea literature. The document is extremely important for understanding the nature, practice, and ideology of the Qumran covenanters.