1QS 4:5

Community Rule
Dead Sea Scrolls

5 God will then purify every deed of man with His truth; He will refine for Himself the human frame by rooting out all spirit of injustice from the bounds of his flesh. He will cleanse him of all wicked deeds with the spirit of holiness; like purifying waters He will shed upon him the spirit of truth (to cleanse him) of all abomination and injustice. And he shall be plunged into the spirit of purification, that he may instruct the upright in the knowledge of the Most High and teach the wisdom of the sons of heaven to the perfect of way. For God has chosen them for an everlasting Covenant and all the glory of Adam shall be theirs. There shall be no more lies and all the works of injustice shall be put to shame.

Genesis Rabbah 20:12

Aggadah
Rabbinic

‘And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skin (‘or), and clothed them.’ In R. Meir’s Torah it was found written, ‘Garments of light (or)’: this refers to Adam’s garments, which were like a torch [shedding radiance], broad at the bottom and narrow at the top. Isaac the Elder said: “They were as smooth as a finger-nail and as beautiful as a jewel.” R. Johanan said: “They were like the fine linen garments which come from Bethshean, garments of skin meaning those that are nearest to the skin.” R. Eleazar said: “They were of goats’ skin.” R. Joshua said: “Of hares’ skin.” R. Jose b. R. Hanina said: “It was a garment made of skin with its wool.” Resh Lakish said: “It was of Circassian wool, and these were used [later] by first-born children.” R. Samuel b. Nahman said: “[They were made from] the wool of camels and the wool of hares, garments of skin meaning those which are produced from the skin.” R. Levi said: “The Torah teaches you here a rule of worldly wisdom: spend according to your means on food; less than you can afford on clothing, but more than you can afford on a dwelling. Spend according to your means on food, as it is written, ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.’ Less than you can afford on clothing: ‘And the Lord God made... garments of skin, and clothed them.’ More than you can afford on a dwelling: for lo! They were but two, yet they dwelt in the whole world.”

 Notes and References

"... The final reward of the righteous is also expressed as “the glory of Adam,” in 1QS 4:22-3. The same motif is found in 1QHa 4:14-15 and in CD 3:20, which also says that the elect will live for a thousand generations. 4QpPsa (4Q171) 3:1-2 says that those who return from the wilderness will live for a thousand generations and that they and their descendants forever will possess all the inheritance of Adam. Crispin Fletcher-Louis has pointed out that Adam was associated with the divine glory qua image of God ... Genesis Rabbah 20:12 reports that Rabbi Meir read Gen 3:21 to say that God dressed Adam and Eve in “garments of light” rather than garments of skin. But the glory was lost when Adam was expelled from the garden. The glory of Adam, then, may coincide with the majestic raiment of light promised in 1QS 4 ..."

Collins, John J. "The Angelic Life" in Seim, Turid Karlsen and Økland, Jorunn. Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (p. 295) De Gruyter, 2009

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