Overt Acknowledgement of Practical Considerations in Legal Texts from Qumran

Full title
Overt Acknowledgement of Practical Considerations in Legal Texts from Qumran
Research notes

Reader Checked|OA 30/04/2014||hw/16/03/2014/not checked

Reference type
Author(s)
Novick, Tzvi
Year
2014
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume
21
Issue / Series Volume
1
Abbreviated Series Name
DSD
Pages
64 – 81
Work type
Label
24/03/2014
Abstract

Scholars typically suppose that legal texts from Qumran do not distinguish between principle and practice. The law does not legitimate lenient accommodations to reality, nor does it explicitly implement stringencies merely as precautions. While this view is no doubt largely correct, there are notable exceptions. This article collects and analyzes these exceptions, and weighs their significance.