by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Decline of Sectarianism
Qumran in the Roman Period, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994. For many years, the Dead Sea sect had expected the Roman conquest of Palestine. The Dead Sea sectarians felt confident that the...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Decline of Sectarianism
The Theodotus Inscription in Jerusalem: The Functions of the Synagogue, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken NJ, 1998, p.474. This inscription, of the mid-first century C.E., not only introduces us to a family of...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Decline of Sectarianism
The Dead Sea Scrolls The sectarianism of the Second Temple period involved itself primarily with thoughtful debate on the correct interpretation of the Torah and the shape of Jewish life and law. It also led the Jewish people into an unsuccessful revolt against Rome....
