Full title
Deuteronomy 19:15–19 in the Damascus Document and Early Midrash
Research notes
Reader Checked|OA 25/11/2013/||Updated by USK / 18 / 05 / 2016 / to add online link for CD A
Reference type
Year
2013
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume
20
Issue / Series Volume
2
Abbreviated Series Name
DSD
Pages
179 – 199
Label
02/09/2013
Abstract
Damascus Document 9:16–10:3—the sectarian rule of testimony—presents serious difficulties that have challenged scholars for years. In light of the evidence from Qumran Cave 4, we suggest an emendation and a new reading of the passage. This reading reflects an understanding of the pentateuchal laws of testimony in Deut 19:15–19, which is markedly different from the conventional reading of this biblical pericope and the established halakhah. A similar understanding of the biblical passage is also echoed in early rabbinic sources.
Notes
CD A Online Link: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-TS-00010-K-00006/1