Yaḥad, Maskil, Priests and Angels – Their Relation in the Community Rule (1QS)
Abstract
As is well known, the yaḥad saw itself in community with the angels, a fact that is indicated in several liturgical texts (e.g., 1QHa, 4Q400–407, 4Q511). But there is also evidence of this in a collection of rule texts (1QS 11:7–8, 1QSa 2:8–9, 1QSb 3:25–27a and 1QSb 4:25–26). In this paper, I define the relation between the yaḥad, the priests, and the maśkîl in these rule texts with special attention given to the impact that the perceived liturgical community with the angels has on self-understanding. The analysis will show, that the role of the maśkîl does not constitute a hierarchical status and that the hierarchical structure of the community does not serve to ensure the autonomy of the priests or some individual leaders, but rather to include them in an ideological system.
Date Issued
2019-02
Publication Type
Book Section
Subjects
Angels
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Qumran
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Yahad
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Maskil
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Community
Language(s)
en
Editor(s)
Jokiranta, Jutta | |
Zahn, Molly |
Additional Credits
Publisher
Brill
ISBN
978-90-04-39337-0
Access(Rights)
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