Embodied Techniques: The Communal Formation of the Maskil’s Self

This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostrati...

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Published in:Dead Sea discoveries
Subtitles:Religious Experience and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Main Author: Newman, Judith H. 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hymns of praise / Proskynese / Maskil / Body / Qumran Community
RelBib Classification:HD Early Judaism
NBE Anthropology
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Hodayot, Maskil embodiment disciplinary practices prostration cultural memory habitus
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Summary:This article explores the significance of the posture of full prostration by the Maskil that appears uniquely in association with him in the Hodayot. Using theoretical frameworks from ritual studies and embodied cognition, as well as traditional philological work, I argue that the Maskil’s prostration summons the cultural memory of Moses as chief intercessor. This embodied technique serves not only to form the self of the leader in relation to the Yaḥad, but shapes the community that worships with him in the gathered assembly.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341361