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Qumran Self-Identity: "Israel" or "Judah"?

Qumran Self-Identity: "Israel" or "Judah"? <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A careful analysis of the Qumran "sectarian" texts reveals a consistent preference for self-identification as "Israel" rather than "Judah." In fact, they contain no unambiguous identifications of the community as "Judah" or its members as "Judeans". Like most biblical texts and unlike Josephus and the authors of 1–2 Maccabees, the Qumran community does not equate Israelite with Judean. They regard themselves as the vanguard of the eschatological restoration of the twelve tribes; for them, the Judean state is not the sole heir of biblical Israel.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dead Sea Discoveries Brill

Qumran Self-Identity: "Israel" or "Judah"?

Dead Sea Discoveries , Volume 15 (1): 172 – Jan 1, 2008

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0929-0761
eISSN
1568-5179
DOI
10.1163/156851708X263198
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A careful analysis of the Qumran "sectarian" texts reveals a consistent preference for self-identification as "Israel" rather than "Judah." In fact, they contain no unambiguous identifications of the community as "Judah" or its members as "Judeans". Like most biblical texts and unlike Josephus and the authors of 1–2 Maccabees, the Qumran community does not equate Israelite with Judean. They regard themselves as the vanguard of the eschatological restoration of the twelve tribes; for them, the Judean state is not the sole heir of biblical Israel.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Dead Sea DiscoveriesBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: IOUDAIOS/OI; PESHER HABAKKUK; YEHUDIM; SELF-IDENTITY; ESCHATOLOGY; DAMASCUS DOCUMENT

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