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Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the gēr and mutable ethnicity / by Carmen Palmer
(Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 126)

Location	Volume	Call No.	Barcode No.	Status	Comments	ISBN	Printed	Restriction	Reserve
Library Main Building Basement (Foreign Books, Code Classification)	: hardback	1900:20:126	121047604P			9789004378179			Reserve	Reserve

Material Type	Books
Size	x, 231 p. ; 25 cm
Notes	"This study is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation"-- Acknowledgments Summary: "Converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls examines the meaning of the term gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls. While often interpreted as a resident alien, this study of the term as it is employed within scriptural rewriting in the Dead Sea Scrolls concludes that the gēr is a Gentile convert to Judaism. Contrasting the gēr in the Dead Sea Scrolls against scriptural predecessors, Carmen Palmer finds that a conversion is possible by means of mutable ethnicity. Furthermore, mutable features of ethnicity in the sectarian movement affiliated with the Dead Sea Scrolls include shared kinship, connection to land, and common culture in the practice of circumcision. The sectarian movement is not as closed toward Gentiles as has been commonly considered"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography: p. [197]-216 Includes indexes
Subjects	LCSH:Dead Sea scrolls LCSH:Ger (The Hebrew word) LCSH:Jewish converts LCSH:Ethnicity -- Religious aspects -- Judaism All Subject Search
Classification	LCC:BM487 DC23:296.1/55
Language	English
ID	1001134782
ISBN	9789004378179
NCID	BB27183580