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Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls—Current Issues

Hannah K. Harrington

Patten University, Oakland, CA, USA; hkharrington{at}sbcglobal.net

The subject of purity in early Judaism has fascinated modern scholars and proved to be a particularly fruitful vein of study in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The recovery, transcription and publication of numerous fragments of texts over the last two decades have changed the portrait of the Scrolls and the communities behind them from what was previously envisaged. To the original characterization of the sectarian Scrolls as the work of pious monks awaiting the eschaton, we can now detect a strong emphasis on Jewish law throughout these texts. Matters of purity and cult form the majority of these laws.

Key Words: Dead Sea Scrolls • holiness • purity • Qumran

Currents in Biblical Research, Vol. 4, No. 3, 397-428 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1476993X06064630
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