Covenant and Community in Early Rabbinic Literature
This article concerns the role of covenant in early rabbinic literature in relation to biblical and especially Second Temple-era predecessors. The first part establishes that the Qumran sectarians and earlier circles were drawn to the concept of covenant because it represented, especially through th...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2024
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Harvard theological review
Anno: 2024, Volume: 117, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 228-249 |
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Bibel. Altes Testament
/ Bibel. Deuteronomium 29
/ Alleanza di Dio
/ Setta di Qumran
/ Letteratura rabbinica
/ Halakhah
/ Diritto
/ Identità di gruppo
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni BH Ebraismo HB Antico Testamento HD Medio-giudaismo XA Diritto |
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Identità societaria
B Halakah B Deuteronomy 29 B Qumran B Covenanters B Rabbinic Literature |
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| Riepilogo: | This article concerns the role of covenant in early rabbinic literature in relation to biblical and especially Second Temple-era predecessors. The first part establishes that the Qumran sectarians and earlier circles were drawn to the concept of covenant because it represented, especially through the mechanism of covenant renewal, a powerful tool for defining and supporting group identity. The second part shows that for the rabbis, the importance of covenant lay chiefly, instead, in its capacity to conceptualize the notion of Israel as a collective body defined by corporate responsibility. The third part suggests that this novel deployment of covenant arose in part to counter the individuating force of halakah as law, another innovation of the rabbis. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816024000075 |