Rules

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Abstract

This chapter introduces and challenges the notion of the Rule texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls as a literary genre. While it is true to say that the Scrolls have revealed a very distinctive type of literature that deals with community organization and shares a penchant for the term serekh, the evidence emerges as more complex than customarily indicated. The notion of a genre of Rules is to a considerable extent heuristic with considerable scope for further refinement.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationT&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls
EditorsGeorge Brooke, Charlotte Hempel
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherT & T Clark, under the Continuum Imprint
Chapter59
Pages402
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780567590220
ISBN (Print)9780567352057, 0567352056
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameBloomsbury Companions

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