Full title
פולמוס הכיתות בימי בית שני והאסכולות הכהניות שבתורה: שאלת שיתוף העם בעבודת המקדש במועדים
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Research notes
SHS/not checked/11/09/2016
Reference type
Year
1991
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Tarbiz
Translated title
Participation of the People in the Temple Worship — Second Temple Sectarian Conflict and the Biblical Tradition
Volume
60
Issue / Series Volume
2
Pages
139-146
Work type
Language
Abstract
Jewish sects of the Second Temple period argued about popular participation in the Temple worship during the festivals. This controversy is recorded in rabbinic literature. The Pharisee halakhic tradition held that every effort be made to involve the people in the festival worship, but the Sadducees and Boethusian opinion was opposed to such participation. In light of this controversy we may better understand several hitherto misunderstood verses in the Qumranic 'Temple Scroll'. Finally, the possibility is raised that the sectarian differences of the Second Temple period are at the roots of the dispute between two biblical priestly schools: the 'Priestly Torah' (P) and the 'Holiness School' (H).