The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule

Download or read book The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule written by Sarianna Metso and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is concerned with tracing the different stages in the formation of the Qumran Community Rule in the light of the material from Cave 4 that has only recently become available. The first part of this ground-breaking work is devoted to determining the differences between the manuscripts of the Community Rule found in Caves 1, 4 and 5. The second part deals with the relationship between the various versions of the Community Rule. The third part aims at creating an overall picture of the literary development of this document and includes a discussion of the different elements within it as well as a comparison of the parallel passages, which reflect different stages in the redaction of the document.