TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palmer,Carmen
TI  - Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls: the Gēr and mutable ethnicity 
T2  - Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah
SN  - 9789004378186
AV  - BM487 .P35 2018
U1  - 296.1/55 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - fast
KW  - Ger (The Hebrew word)
KW  - Jewish converts
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Convertis juifs
KW  - Ethnicité
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - "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
N2  - "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"--
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