{"product_id":"beyond-the-qumran-community-john-j-collins-9780802828873","title":"Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls","description":"\u003cb\u003eA systematic analysis of the Essene Sect that argues a surprising claim\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be -- and indeed, should be -- made. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Qumran Community\u003c\/i\u003e does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confined to the site of Qumran. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John J. Collins here deconstructs \"the Qumran community\" and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. He first examines the Community Rule or Yahad, and then considers the Teacher of Righteousness, a pivotal figure in the Essene movement, discovering that he was probably active in the first century bce rather than in the Maccabean era. After examining the available evidence, Collins concludes that it is, in fact, overwhelmingly likely that the site of Qumran housed merely a single settlement of this widespread movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John J. Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802828876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802828873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 18","brand":"John J. Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059742896383,"sku":"9780802828873","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c228053f-ec7c-4ea2-8a20-0e9fcfee4d24.jpg?v=1685060065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-qumran-community-john-j-collins-9780802828873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}