RT Article
T1 Lost and Stolen Property at Qumran: The “Oath of Adjuration”
JF Journal for the study of Judaism
VO 47
IS 1
SP 88
OP 103
A1 Czajkowski, Kimberley 1987-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1562145851
AB This article examines the procedure concerning lost and stolen property that we find in cd-a 9:8-16, with a particular focus on the “oath of adjuration” or “oath-curse” in this passage. This is placed first in the context of the biblical material which, it has long been recognised, had a considerable impact on the formulation of this procedure. The primary focus, however, is on examining the way in which the oath of adjuration was envisaged to function and what we may learn from this about the operation of justice within the movement. It is argued that the oath relied heavily upon the religious and social ideals of the group but was also in itself an enactment of these ideas, and thus functioned in part as a performative expression of the group identity.
K1 Qumran : Damascus Document : oath : curse : legal procedure
DO 10.1163/15700631-12340447