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Religious observance in all areas of life was an issue of major importance to the Qumran community. Several collections of laws or halakhot from Qumran bear witness to the parallel development of these laws with those that emerged within Rabbinic Judaism. This volume includes several such compositions of which Tohorot is the largest. They provide major insight into the development of early halakha.

This edition presents for the first time eight the Qumran manuscripts of the Damascus Document, the key work for understanding the history, theology, and legal doctrines of the Dead Sea Scroll community. The new texts include the hitherto unknown beginning and ending of the work as well as substantial additions to the corpus of laws. These primary sources are essential for all students of early rabbinic Judaism as well as the background ofChri...