Self as Symbolic Space: Constructing Identity and Community at Qumran

Contributor(s): Newsom, Carol a (Author)

ISBN: 9781589832985

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature

Binding Types:

Paperback

$45.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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Pub Date: November 9, 2007

Dewey: 296.155

LCCN: 2007043702

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.87" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.26 lbs) 392 pages

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Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

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Description: This volume investigates practices by which the Qumran community constituted itself as a sectarian society by reconstructing the identity of its members. Drawing on discourse and practice theory, the book analyzes the function of the Serek ha-Yahad and the Hodoyot in identity formation.

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