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Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the Gēr and mutable ethnicity / by Carmen Palmer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Hebrew, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 126.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (x, 231 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004378186
  • 9004378189
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls.DDC classification:
  • 296.1/55 23
LOC classification:
  • BM487 .P35 2018
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1913485

"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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2018).