The Utopian Vision of the Temple Scroll

Although the Temple Scroll’s divinely-commanded temple plan has frequently been described as “utopian,” there has been no sustained attempt to analyze the scroll in light of other texts that have been described as utopias/utopian, or in connection with utopian studies. This article aims to start tha...

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Main Author: Zahn, Molly M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 392-416
Further subjects:B utopian studies
B Law
B Temple
B Utopia
B Ezekiel
B Pentateuch
B Temple Scroll
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