Rule of the Congregation

The Rule of the Congregation (1QSa) is a Hebrew text from Qumran that describes the eschatological assembly of the community, including the Messiah.|||1QSa, part of the 1QS scroll from Cave 1. Written in Hebrew in a Hasmonean script.|||Composed in the 1st century BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Describes the eschatological assembly of the community, including the roles of priests, Levites, and the Messiah of Israel. Essential for understanding Qumran messianic expectation.|||Charlesworth, J. H., ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Rule of the Community. Westminster John Knox, 1994.|||Muraoka, T. The Community Rule 1QS, 1QSa and 1QSb. Peeters, 2022.|||Schiffman, L. H. The Eschatological Community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Scholars Press, 1989.|||The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls (Israel Museum)|https://dss.collections.imj.org.il/|View 1QSa fragments.;; Wikipedia — Rule of the Congregation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_the_Congregation|Background and discussion.|||" And the Messiah of Israel shall come, and the priests shall bless him." — 1QSa (paraphrase)