John J. Collins
The Torah in its Symbolic and Prescriptive Functions
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The Torah was recognized as the ancestral law of Judah from the Persian period onwards. Usually, observance focused on items of high symbolic value. After the Maccabean revolt some groups insisted on much more detailed observance, and this insistence gave rise to sectarian movements.