Maskil, Community, and Religious Experience in the Songs of the Sage (4Q510-511).
Abstract The present study seeks to illuminate how the recitation of the prophylactic magical hymns known as 4QSongs of the Sage engendered religious experience for worshipers. Previous research on this composition has focused on locating it within the broader streams of early Jewish magical and apo...
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