Hierarchy

 

 

Qumran Wabash

 

 

 

 

Hierarchy at Qumran

The community at Qumran maintained a strict hierarchy that was very important both in daily events and apacalyptic times. Order is important here, just as it is in other areas of life at Qumran. Below is the hierarchical chain for the Qumran community.

 

Title	Role
The Guardian or 'Master' (maskil or mebaqqer)	taught the community how to live according to the 'Book of the Community Rule'
Twelve Chief Priests and Three Men	form the Council of the Community to preserve faith and justice and to punish the sinful
Twelve Chiefs of the Levites	act as chiefs and leaders of each of the twelve Levite tribes
Chiefs of the tribes	serve as chiefs and leaders of each tribe within the Levite tribe
Other members of the Community	all live and work according to their rank within each tribe
Non-members within the Community	those who are working to be initiated into the community and others who are studying within the community live and work underneath the other members

 

 

 

 

 

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Hierarchy at Wabash College

The Wabash Community, much like the Qumran Community, maintains a strict and order hierarchy. This hierarchy is layed out and explained in the following flowchart.

 

	President of the College	The president of the college, Andrew Ford sits at the top of the Wabash hierarchy. He is the top decision maker and the person with the most power in the community.
	Deans of the Students and College	The deans represent the next level of authority at Wabash. They control what goes on at the faculty and student levels.
	Faculty	The faculty are the next level of the Wabash hierarchy. They must abide by the edicts of the deans, but have complete control over the students.
	Seniors	Seniors come before all other students. They have been in the community the longest and, therefore, receive more respect than the other upperclassmen and freshmen.
	Upperclassmen	All other upperclassmen fall just below the status of the seniors.
	Freshmen	Last, and most certainly least, in the Wabash hierarchy are the freshmen. They come to the community in the fall of each year and are subjected to harsh working and living conditions until they have earned their keep in the Wabash Community.