Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Contributors

pp ix-x

INTRODUCTION: SECTARIANISM IN EARLY JUDAISM: SOCIOLOGICAL ADVANCES? SOME CRITICAL SOCIOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS

pp 1-24

Part I - MAX WEBER ON SECTS AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM

pp 25-25

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBER'S SOCIOLOGY OF SECTS: ENCOURAGING A NEW FASCINATION

pp 26-51

WEBER'S TREATMENT OF SECTS IN ANCIENT JUDAISM: THE PHARISEES AND THE ESSENES

pp 52-73

TOWARDS A WEBERIAN SOCIOLOGY OF THE QUMRAN SECTS

pp 74-105

A WEBER BIBLIOGRAPHY

pp 106-112

Part II - SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SECTARIANISM IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM

pp 113-113

WHEN IS A SECT A SECT – OR NOT? GROUPS AND MOVEMENTS IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD

pp 114-132

SECT FORMATION IN EARLY JUDAISM

pp 133-155

WAS THERE SECTARIAN BEHAVIOUR BEFORE THE FLOURISHING OF JEWISH SECTS? A LONG-TERM APPROACH TO THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF SECOND TEMPLE SECTARIANISM

pp 156-179

ATONEMENT AND SECTARIANISM IN QUMRAN: DEFINING A SECTARIAN WORLDVIEW IN MORAL AND HALAKHIC SYSTEMS

pp 180-204

GROUPS IN TENSION: SECTARIANISM IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT AND THE COMMUNITY RULE

pp 205-245

INFORMATION PROCESSING IN ANCIENT JEWISH GROUPS

pp 246-255

Index of References

pp 256-262

Index of Authors

pp 263-267