Title The Serekh texts / Sarianna Metso.

Publication Info.	London : T & T Clark, [2007]
	©2007

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 86 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Companion to the Qumran scrolls ; 9
	Library of Second Temple studies ; 62
	T & T Clark library of biblical studies
	Companion to the Qumran scrolls ; 9.
	Library of Second Temple studies ; 62.
	T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The Serekh Texts discusses the central rule documents produced by a pious Jewish community of the Essenes that lived at Qumran by the Dead Sea at the turn of the era. The texts describe the life of a highly ascetic group that had rejected the hellenistic Jewish culture and had withdrawn into the desert to live a life of perfect obedience to the Torah. Sarianna Metso introduces the twelve manuscripts of the Community Rule found in Qumran Caves 1, 4 and 5 in terms of their content, textual history, literary function, and significance for the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The w.
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Language	Includes some text in Hebrew.
Subject	Serekh texts.
	Qumrantexte.
	Essenes.
	Essenes.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Metso, Sarianna. Serekh texts. London : T & T Clark, ©2007 9780567040923 (OCoLC)63398040
ISBN	9780567392992 (electronic book)
	0567392996 (electronic book)
	1283197391
	9781283197397
	9780567040923
	0567040925