The gr and interpretive integration in the Damascus Document 6:20-21 and 14:3-5
This study carefully examines in context the three occurrences of the רג in the Damascus Document (hereafter: CD). CD 6:21 and CD 14:3-6 treat the רג as an insider and a worthy participant in the session of -the Many- (CD 14:3-6) - albeit as a member on the lower end of the communal hierarchy. The a...
| Published in: | The journal of Jewish studies |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre
2016
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The journal of Jewish studies
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Deuteronomium 24,14
B Stranger B Dead Sea Scrolls B Bible. Levitikus 19,18 B Ger Word B Damascus Document |
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| Summary: | This study carefully examines in context the three occurrences of the רג in the Damascus Document (hereafter: CD). CD 6:21 and CD 14:3-6 treat the רג as an insider and a worthy participant in the session of -the Many- (CD 14:3-6) - albeit as a member on the lower end of the communal hierarchy. The article argues that CD-s patent openness towards the רג is derived from its scriptural interpretation, which integrates two Levitical love commands (Lev. 19:18, 34) and Deut. 24:14 into a single unit. While Lev. 19:34 commands love for the רג, demanding his fair and amicable treatment, he is still set apart from the -true- insiders, namely the Israelites. CD, however, radically narrows the distance between the רג and the neighbour by recasting the רג as a genuine insider who is to be loved and cared for as a brother. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2097 |
| Contains: | In: The journal of Jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18647/3278/JJS-2016 |