The Production and Dissemination of Knowledge within the Qumran Community
Updated by:
Shlomo Brand
Research notes:
SB/not checked/30/08/2021
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2021
Full title:
The Production and Dissemination of Knowledge within the Qumran Community
Translated title:
Torah and Wisdom. Studies on Early Jewish Literature
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity
Editor(s):
Catherine Hezser
Diana V. Edelman
Place of Publication:
Sheffield
Publisher:
Equinox
Pages:
93-121
Chapter:
4
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
The analysis of the textual cluster of serakhim relating to the Rule of the Community enables us to consider the production and dissemination of knowledge within the Qumran community itself. The literary genre of serakhim demonstrates the transformation of oral traditions into written format and of writing into orality within the community. The columns 5, 6 and 9 of 1QS describe this process at work. Assuming that we are dealing with a composite text here, I explain the production and dissemination of knowledge by re-contextualising the concept of mishpatim that constitute the background of the serakhim.
Label:
06/09/2021
Record number:
107 943