| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 672 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah,
0169-9962 ;
v. 40
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Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 40.
0169-9962
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-571) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Wealth in the Damascus document -- Wealth in the rule of the community -- Wealth in instruction -- Wealth in other literature found at Qumran -- Archaeological evidence of wealth from the Qumran site and vicinity -- Wealth in documentary materials from the Judean desert -- Secondary testimony to Essene economic practices -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A: Parallel passages on wealth in all Damascus document manuscripts -- Appendix B: Parallel passages on wealth in all rule manuscripts -- Appendix C: Outline of the rule of the community (1QS) based on paragraph markings -- Appendix D: Arrangement of the rules of communal discipline in 1QS VI 24-VII 25 -- Appendix E: Archaeological site plan of the Qumran compound c.31 B.C.E. -- Apendix F: Comparative structure of various types of documentary texts -- Appendix G: Transcriptions of plates -- Appendix H: The Dead Sea region. |
| Summary |
This volume is concerned with exploring sectarian attitudes toward wealth and the economic practices that gave rise to and issued from those attitudes. It argues for several biblical rationales for the practice of shared wealth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dead Sea scrolls.
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Dead Sea scrolls. |
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Dead Sea scrolls. |
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Manuscrits de la mer Morte. |
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Dead Sea scrolls. |
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Qumrantexte. |
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Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Qumran community.
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Qumran community. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, Catherine M., 1961- Wealth in the Dead Sea scrolls and in the Qumran community. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004119345 (DLC) 2001046478 (OCoLC)47767092 |
| ISBN |
1417573392 (electronic book) |
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9781417573394 (electronic book) |
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9004119345 (alkaline paper) |
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9789004119345 (alkaline paper) |
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9047400658 |
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9789047400653 |
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