Captive Woman: Evidence of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Biblical and Rabbinic texts
Abstract
This article analyzes the ritual component of marriage in the context of war. It deals with the Dead Sea Scrolls’ and rabbinic’s reading of two Biblical narratives: beautiful captive (Deut. 21:10-14) and a wife, who came back from captivity (Gen. 12, 20; 1 Sam. 30:5, 18; 2 Sam. 2:2, 3:1-5). These texts show how, with the help of different hermeneutic techniques, commentators adopt the biblical texts to the changing historical contexts.
About the Author
S. V. Babkina
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana V. Babkina, PhD in History, associate professor
bld. 6, Miusskaya sq., Moscow, 125993
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Babkina S.V. Captive Woman: Evidence of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Biblical and Rabbinic texts. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2018;(1):27-46. (In Russ.)
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