The Social Role of Liturgy in the Religion of the Qumran Community (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: September 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9789004150300
Subjects: Jewish studies; Judaism; Liturgy; Judaism - History; History; Religion; Religion - Judaism; Jews; Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Qumran community
Description: "This volume investigates the layers of meaning of the Qumran community's liturgical practice as prayer (communication with the divine), ritual (actions that establish and reinforce the social and ideological structures of the community), and speech (containing both verbal and non-verbal communication)."--BOOK JACKET.