Halakhic Texts

The Halakhic Texts from Qumran are a group of manuscripts that preserve the community's interpretation of biblical law, often differing from rabbinic halakhah.|||Multiple manuscripts from Qumran Caves 1, 4, and 11, including 4QMMT (Miqṣat Ma'aśe ha-Torah), 4Q159, 4Q251, and 11QTemple.|||Composed in the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Preserve the legal interpretation of the Qumran community, often in opposition to the Jerusalem priesthood. Essential for understanding the diversity of Jewish law in the Second Temple period.|||Qimron, E., & Strugnell, J. Qumran Cave 4.V: Miqṣat Ma'aśe ha-Torah. Oxford, 1994.|||Schiffman, L. H. The Halakhah at Qumran. Brill, 1975.|||Sussmann, Y. " The History of Halakha and the Dead Sea Scrolls." Tarbiz 59 (1990).|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View halakhic fragments.;; Wikipedia — 4QMMT|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4QMMT|Background and discussion.|||" These are some of our words concerning the Torah, which we have written for your understanding." — 4QMMT (paraphrase)