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The Dead Sea Scrolls have demonstrated the fluidity of biblical and early Jewish texts in antiquity. How did early Jewish scribes understand the nature of their pluriform literature? How should modern textual critics deal with these fluid texts? Centered on the Serekh ha-Yaḥad - or Community Rule - from Qumran as a test case, this volume tracks the development of its textual tradition in multiple trajectories, and suggests that it was not understood as a single, unified composition even in antiquity. Attending to material, textual, and literary factors, the book argues that ancient claims for textual identity ought to be given priority in discussions among textual critics about the ontology of biblical books

Qumran community --- Rule of the congregation --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Kumran community --- Jewish sects --- Essenes --- Dead Sea scrolls. --- Serekh ha-ʻedah --- Messianic rule --- Manual of discipline. --- 82.083 --- 296 --- 296 Judaïsme. Jodendom --- Judaïsme. Jodendom --- 296 Judaisme --- Judaisme --- 296 Judaism --- Judaism --- 82.083 Teksteditie. Editiewetenschap --- Teksteditie. Editiewetenschap --- Manual of discipline --- Sectarian document --- Rule of the community --- Community rule --- Serekh ha-yaḥad --- Criticism, Textual

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This monograph studies ancient tefillin (also known as phylacteries) and mezuzot found in the Caves of Qumran. Most of these miniature texts were published by the end of 1970s and thus have long been available to scholars. And yet in several respects, these tiny fragments remain an unfinished business. A close scrutiny of their editions reveals a presence of texts that have not been fully accounted for. These fall into three categories. First, there are multiple tefillin and mezuzot that contain legible fragments which their editors were unable to identify. Second, several tefillin and mezuzot feature imprints of letters that have not been deciphered. Third, there are texts which were provisionally classified as tefillin and mezuzot yet left unread. This monograph offers a detailed study of these unidentified and undeciphered texts. It thus sheds new light on the contents of ancient tefillin and mezuzot and on the scribal practices involved in their preparation.

Qumran community --- Tefillin --- Mezuza --- 229*310 --- 229*310 Qumran --- Qumran --- Phylacteries --- Tefilin --- Tephillin --- Tfillin --- Jews --- Judaism --- Kumran community --- Jewish sects --- Essenes --- Liturgical objects --- Antiquities --- Dead Sea scrolls --- Jerusalem scrolls --- ʻAin Fashka scrolls --- Jericho scrolls --- Scrolls, Dead Sea --- Qumrân scrolls --- Rękopisy z Qumran --- Shikai bunsho --- Megilot Midbar Yehudah --- Dodezee-rollen --- Kumránské rukopisy --- Documentos de Qumrán --- Textos de Qumrán --- Rollos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscritos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscrits de la mer Morte --- Dödahavsrullarna --- Kumranin kirjoitukset --- Kuolleenmeren kirjoitukset --- Qumranhandskrifterna --- Qumranin kirjoitukset --- Qumran Caves scrolls --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Qumran Site (West Bank) --- Khirbat Qumrān (West Bank) --- Khirbet Qumrān (West Bank) --- Qumrān --- Qumran Site --- West Bank --- Tefillin. --- Mezuzah. --- Qumran community.