ATONEMENT AND SECTARIANISM IN QUMRAN: DEFINING A SECTARIAN WORLDVIEW IN MORAL AND HALAKHIC SYSTEMS

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Abstract

Since the early stages of the study of the scrolls found in Qumran, scholars have noticed the central place of atonement in the belief system of the writers of the scrolls.1 The attention given by Christian scholars of theology to the concept of atonement was natural, but by no means overstated. I regard atonement as the major aim of both the members of yahad and the Damascus Covenant. Here I would like to discuss the ideological background for the concept of atonement in Qumran as well as its relevance to the understanding of its halakhic system. I would like to approach it from rather unconventional perspectives: the study of sectarianism in the sociology of religion, and what I call “comparative sectarianism.”

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSectarianism in Early Judaism
Subtitle of host publicationSociological Advances
Pages180-204
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9781317491392
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

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