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“The Day after the Sabbath” (Lev 23:15): Traces and Origin of an Inter-Sectarian Polemic

In: Dead Sea Discoveries
Author:
David Henshke The Talmud Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel;, Email: henshke@mscc.huji.ac.il

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2008
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Abstract

The date of the Festival of Weeks (Shavu'ot) has been the focus of an ancient controversy between the sectarian halakhah and Pharisaic halakhah. However, from an analysis of the Book of Jubilees and Judean desert documents on the one hand, and from Tannaitic Midrashim on the other hand, it is clear that there was a third position suggested, and rejected, by both sides. This third approach clarifies that the background of the controversy was the difference in the description of the festival found in Leviticus in contrast to its portrayal in Deuteronomy.

Title:
“The Day after the Sabbath” (Lev 23:15): Traces and Origin of an Inter-Sectarian Polemic
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156851708X315217
Language:
English
Pages:
225–247
Keywords:
PENTECOST; SHAVU'OT; BOOK OF JUBILEES; JUDEAN DESERT DOCUMENTS; SECTARIAN HALAKHAH
In:
Dead Sea Discoveries
In:
Volume 15: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5179
Print ISSN:
0929-0761
Subjects:
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, General, Jewish Studies

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