Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the Gēr and mutable ethnicity /
Palmer, Carmen,
Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the Gēr and mutable ethnicity / by Carmen Palmer. - 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) - Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah ; volume 126 . - Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 126. .
"This study is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation"--Author's acknowledgments. Text is in English, with original Hebrew & Greek text from the Dead Sea Scrolls shown and translated into English.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Provenance and dating of the ger in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- A textual study of the ger in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Locating the ger and assessing ethnic identity in the sectarian movement -- Sociohistorical comparison between the sectarian movement and Greco-Roman associations -- Conclusion.
"Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls examines the meaning of the term gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls. While often interpreted as a resident alien, this study of the term as it is employed within scriptural rewriting in the Dead Sea Scrolls concludes that the gēr is a Gentile convert to Judaism. Contrasting the gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls against scriptural predecessors, Carmen Palmer finds that a conversion is possible by means of mutable ethnicity. Furthermore, mutable features of ethnicity in the sectarian movement affiliated with the Dead Sea Scrolls include shared kinship, connection to land, and common culture in the practice of circumcision. The sectarian movement is not as closed toward Gentiles as has been commonly considered"--
9789004378186 9004378189
2018045575
Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls
Ger (The Hebrew word)
Jewish converts.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Convertis juifs.
Ethnicité--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Judaism
Ger (The Hebrew word)
Jewish converts
BM487 / .P35 2018
296.1/55
Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the Gēr and mutable ethnicity / by Carmen Palmer. - 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) - Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah ; volume 126 . - Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 126. .
"This study is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation"--Author's acknowledgments. Text is in English, with original Hebrew & Greek text from the Dead Sea Scrolls shown and translated into English.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Provenance and dating of the ger in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- A textual study of the ger in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Locating the ger and assessing ethnic identity in the sectarian movement -- Sociohistorical comparison between the sectarian movement and Greco-Roman associations -- Conclusion.
"Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls examines the meaning of the term gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls. While often interpreted as a resident alien, this study of the term as it is employed within scriptural rewriting in the Dead Sea Scrolls concludes that the gēr is a Gentile convert to Judaism. Contrasting the gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls against scriptural predecessors, Carmen Palmer finds that a conversion is possible by means of mutable ethnicity. Furthermore, mutable features of ethnicity in the sectarian movement affiliated with the Dead Sea Scrolls include shared kinship, connection to land, and common culture in the practice of circumcision. The sectarian movement is not as closed toward Gentiles as has been commonly considered"--
9789004378186 9004378189
2018045575
Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls
Ger (The Hebrew word)
Jewish converts.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Convertis juifs.
Ethnicité--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Judaism
Ger (The Hebrew word)
Jewish converts
BM487 / .P35 2018
296.1/55