구약 성서 두루마리를 쓴 사람들

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper proposes a critique and supplementary analysis of existing academic research that does not precisely explain the document referred to as ‘P’ and its meaning. To achieve this, the paper conducts an “ideological deconstruction critique,” which analyzes and deconstructs the ideology shown in the Hebrew Bible. The thesis argues that the documents of the Old Testament had undergone an editing process by priestly groups. The subjects of this editing are identified as the ‘Zadok’ priests who returned from Babylonian captivity and the ‘Levitical’ priests who took over the power of the temple after the completion of the Second Temple. These two groups are distinctly characterized by their ideologies within the scriptures. The ‘Zadokite’ pursued the editing goal of highlighting the ‘temple’ would replace the Davidic dynasty in the name of ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘purity,’ whereas the ‘Levi’ highlighted the ‘rituals’ and ‘temple tax’ to stabilize Temple authority.
In concrete, the discovery of the Book of Law(2 Kgs 22) reflects the ideology of early returned priest from the Exile. The law is associated with issues of ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘identity’ of the people of Judah and demands the removal of idols and local shrines and the centralization of the temple. After the Jerusalem Temple was stabilized, another priestly group, the Levites, developed an ideology, as evidenced in the editorial modifications of the Books of Chronicles. The discovery of the Book of the Law was directly linked to the Temple activities, e.g. the observance of Passover. Behind this additional editing was the purpose to continue collecting ‘temple tax’ for the stable operation of the temple after its completion and the significance of economic conditions for the maintenance of their authority. Such editing, asis illustrated in the reading of the Book of the Law after the completion of the reconstruction of Jerusalem’s walls in Nehemiah 8 and the addition of the Sabbath and the Tithe provisions in chapters 9-10. It demonstrates a shared ideology that aims to achieve the common goal of Nehemiah and the Chronicles, that is maximizing the ‘collection of temple taxes.’