4QMMT is a foundation document of the Qumran community (likely the Essenes). Written as a letter from the community’s leader to a political or religious authority, it outlines approximately twenty-two points of ritual law where the group disagreed with the establishment in Jerusalem. The document concludes with a crucial exhortation: if the recipient follows these specific "works of the law" ( ma’ase ha-torah ), it will be "reckoned to you as righteousness."
The parallel between 4QMMT and Paul’s use of Genesis 15:6 (Abraham’s faith reckoned as righteousness) is striking. 4QMMT and Paul: Justification, 'Works,' and - N...
, "reckoned as righteousness" is the result of faith in Jesus Christ, which effectively dissolves the very sectarian boundaries that 4QMMT sought to reinforce. 4QMMT is a foundation document of the Qumran
For Paul, the "works of the law" were not necessarily "bad," but they were "old." They belonged to an era of separation. In the new age of the Messiah, the definition of the "righteous" shifted from those who perform the ma’ase ha-torah to those who belong to the family of Abraham through faith. Conclusion , "reckoned as righteousness" is the result of