The organizational pattern and the penal code of the Qumran sect: A comparison with guilds and religious associations of the Hellenistic-Roman period (Novum testamentum et orbis antiquus) - Hardcover

Moshe Weinfeld

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3727803630 ISBN 13: 9783727803635

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986

Synopsis

This study tries to show that the organizational pattern of the Qumran sect as well as the penal code of this sect are congruent with those of the cultic associations of Ptolemaic Egypt and of other regions of the Hellenistic and Roman world. Matters of procedure such examination of the candidates for entry in the sect, approval of the candidate by votes of the assembly and the registration of a member are common both to the Qumran sect and the Hellenistic-Roman guilds and associations. A similar organizational pattern is to be discerned in the early Christian congregation as reflected in the New Testament and in the apostolic traditions of Hippolytus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3727803630
• ISBN 13: 9783727803635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100