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Proximity to power and Jewish sectarian groups of the ancient period : a review of lifestyle, values, and halakhah in the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Qumran /

This book deals with the values, lifestyle and code of law of four Jewish sectarian groups in the Hellenistic and Roman (Second Temple) period, in the land of Israel. It reviews the groups according to their proximity to power, highlighting the fact that political involvement has a decisive impact o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, Hillel
Otros Autores: Ludlam, Ruth M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SOURCES
  • CHAPTER ONE TERMINOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY
  • 1.1 Terminology
  • 1.2 Methodology
  • CHAPTER TWO JEWISH GROUPS1 IN THE HASMONEAN PERIOD AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE REGIME
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Pharisees
  • 2.3 The Sadducees
  • 2.4 The Essenes
  • 2.5 The Qumran Group
  • 2.6 The Distinction between Groups According to Involvement in the Center
  • CHAPTER THREE SECEDING GROUPS AND DISSENTING GROUPS: LIFESTYLE
  • 3.1 Communal Eating as a Sectarian Feature
  • 3.2 Clothing110 as a Sectarian Characteristic3.3 The Family as a Sectarian Characteristic
  • Conclusions: Seceding Groups and Dissenting Groups on Family Life
  • CHAPTER FOUR SECEDING GROUPS AND DISSENTING GROUPS: HALAKHIC SYSTEM
  • 4.1 The Place of Halakhah in the Lives of the Jewish Groups
  • 4.2 The Halakhic System of the Dissenting Groups
  • 4.3 The Halakhic System of the Seceding Groups
  • CHAPTER FIVE SECEDING GROUPS AND DISSENTING GROUPS: THEOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY
  • 5.1. Theological and Ideological Characteristics in Research
  • 5.2. The Importance of Continuing Prophecy in a Groupâ€?s Leadership5.3. Prophetic Ability in the Lives of the Seceding Groups
  • 5.4. The Prophetic Aspect among the Dissenting Groups
  • 5.5. Continuing Prophecy among the Jewish Groups
  • 5.6. The Status of Earthly Life in the Spiritual System
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES