by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Marriage Ritual, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. Cave 4 has yielded a document dubiously labeled Ritual of Marriage. Because its formulation seems to have little to do with matrimony,...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Historical Ramifications, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. The Halakhic Letter has wide ramifications for our understanding of Jewish history in the Hasmonaean period. In the letter, the...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Celibacy of the Essenes, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994. Assumptions that the Dead Sea sect was celibate and that women were not accepted into its ranks represent to a great extent the...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Evidence of the Halakhic Letter, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994. A Qumran text, today known as the Halakhic Letter, demonstrates quite clearly that the root cause that led to the sectarian...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 297: The Pharisees and Sadducees on the Traditions of the Fathers Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.517-518. The traditions of the fathers, or elders, mentioned by Josephus, are an important component...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Identification of the Sect
Philo, Every Good Man is Free XII, 75-87: Description of the Essenes Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.282-284. Another ancient source, Philo, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt between ca. 20 B.C.E. and 50 C.E., also describes the...
