From Qumran to the Yaad : A New Paradigm of Textual Development for the Community Rule (Studies of the Texts of thedesert of Judah)

Benefitting from the Qumran library now available, this book offers a new model for reading S that better accounts for the long and diverse history behind the text. The resulting paradigm challenges the Qumrancentric lens through which many read the "sectarian texts" and offers a fresh way of thinking about sectarian community formation.