The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at QumranWilliam Loader here investigates the Dead Sea Scrolls, mining every document of potential relevance for understanding ancient attitudes towards sexuality, aside from the biblical writings and there are many such documents. They include the Temple Scroll, 4QMMT, the Damascus Document, and a number of legal, liturgical, wisdom, and exegetical documents. These texts treat a wide range of matters pertaining to sexuality, from ritual and cultic concerns to visions of human community and family in future expectation. Far from the common view that the writers of the Scrolls held a low view of sexuality and marriage, Loader concludes that most of these sources reflect an affirmative stance towards sex and marriage within a framework of clear boundaries marking out where sex did and did not belong. / The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality offers the first comprehensive treatment of this subject and comprises both detailed exegetical discussion of each work and a synthetic analysis of themes. The attention to detail displayed and the helpful summaries included make this book an indispensable resource for both scholar and general reader. |
Contents
4 | 37 |
CHAPTER | 53 |
CHAPTER THREE | 91 |
The Nets of Belial and Sexual Wrongdoing 4 12b 5 19 | 107 |
The Fourth Account CD 5 20 8 21a CD 19 1 20 | 125 |
A Catalogue of Transgressions 4QDe4Q270 2 i 9 ii 18 | 136 |
The Laws and Community Regulations | 145 |
Preserved in CD | 170 |
4QAges of Creation 4Q180181 | 272 |
The Genesis Apocryphon 1Q20 | 285 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 298 |
8 | 341 |
Sexuality and Order | 351 |
5 | 369 |
53 | 375 |
Conclusion | 380 |
1 | 173 |
The Laws and the Catalogue of Transgressions | 180 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 187 |
3 | 200 |
The War Scroll | 211 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 234 |
37 | 265 |
Sexuality SelfDeprecation and the Demonic | 383 |
7 | 387 |
Bibliography | 391 |
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Common terms and phrases
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