An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11
In the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, almost the same eschatological interpretative framework is created with words from the semantic domains of light and darkness, kinship, war, ethics, divinity and time. Although the constructed frameworks in these texts look alike, the...
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| description | In the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, almost the same eschatological interpretative framework is created with words from the semantic domains of light and darkness, kinship, war, ethics, divinity and time. Although the constructed frameworks in these texts look alike, their impact on the self-understanding of the respective Qumran and Thessalonian communities is different. This article aims to reconstruct these frameworks from the texts by using semantic dictionaries and to reconstruct the probable impact of these frameworks on the self-understanding of the communities by utilizing some insights from sociolinguistics. It shows that although communities around the beginning of the era used almost the same frameworks, the effect on group identities could be significantly different. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-194a9eff27c94de598f1c6345f266fbe2025-08-20T03:12:04ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442025-02-0116219610.3390/rel16020196An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11Gijsbert van Appeldoorn0Institute of Biblical Exegesis and Systematic Theology, Theological University of Utrecht, Plompetorengracht 3, 3512 CA Utrecht, The NetherlandsIn the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, almost the same eschatological interpretative framework is created with words from the semantic domains of light and darkness, kinship, war, ethics, divinity and time. Although the constructed frameworks in these texts look alike, their impact on the self-understanding of the respective Qumran and Thessalonian communities is different. This article aims to reconstruct these frameworks from the texts by using semantic dictionaries and to reconstruct the probable impact of these frameworks on the self-understanding of the communities by utilizing some insights from sociolinguistics. It shows that although communities around the beginning of the era used almost the same frameworks, the effect on group identities could be significantly different.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/2/196War Scroll1 Thessalonianssemantic domainssociolinguisticssocial identity complexity |
| spellingShingle | Gijsbert van Appeldoorn An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 Religions War Scroll 1 Thessalonians semantic domains sociolinguistics social identity complexity |
| title | An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 |
| title_full | An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 |
| title_fullStr | An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 |
| title_short | An Eschatological Framework and Social Identity in 1QM 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 |
| title_sort | eschatological framework and social identity in 1qm 1 1 15 and 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 |
| topic | War Scroll 1 Thessalonians semantic domains sociolinguistics social identity complexity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/2/196 |
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