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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Autore principale: Novick, Tzvi 1976- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2024
In: Harvard theological review
Anno: 2024, Volume: 117, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 228-249
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Bibel. Altes Testament / Bibel. Deuteronomium 29 / Alleanza di Dio / Setta di Qumran / Letteratura rabbinica / Halakhah / Diritto / Identità di gruppo
Notazioni IxTheo:AD Sociologia delle religioni
BH Ebraismo
HB Antico Testamento
HD Medio-giudaismo
XA Diritto
Altre parole chiave:B 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.
ISSN:1475-4517
Comprende:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816024000075