Studies in Qumran Law (1977 Baumgarten), book

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Studies in Qumran Law (1977) is a book by Joseph M. Baumgarten.

Abstract

Collection of articles previously published by the Author in various periodicals.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1977.

Table of contents

• Preface
• 1. Rabbinic Methodology and Qumran
  • Qumran Studies
  • The Unwritten Law in the Pre-Rabbinic Period
• 2. Purity and the Temple
  • Sacrifice and Worship among the Jewish Sectarians of the Dead Sea (Qumran) Scrolls
  • The Essenes and the Temple-A Reappraisal
  • The Exclusion of Netinim and Proselytes in 4Q Florilegium
  • The Essene Avoidance of Oil and the Laws of Purity
• 3. The Calendar
  • The Calendar of the Book of Jubilees and the Bible
  • The Counting of the Sabbath in Ancient Sources
  • The Beginning of the Day in the Calendar of Jubilees
  • 4Q Halakah 5, the Law of Chadash, and the Pentecontad Calendar
• 4. Jurisprudence
  • The Duodecimal Courts of Qumran, the Apocalypse, and the Sanhedrin
  • Does TLH in the Temple Scroll Refer to Crucifixion?
  • On the Testimony of Women in 1QS
  • Some Notes on the Ben Sira Scroll from Masada

External links

• Google Books (partial text)