Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls

✍ Scribed by John J. Collins, Robert A. Kugler

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 180
• Series: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Revealing insights on the religious views of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls have profoundly changed the way we think about the Bible. But what is the religion found in the Scrolls themselves' This book provides a much-needed assessment of several major aspects of the religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls in light of recent publications. Eight leading experts explore the concept of divinity in the Scrolls, the Scrolls' relation to important halakic issues, the question of Hellenistic influence in the Scrolls, and the apocalypticism and messianism specific to the Scrolls.

✦ Table of Contents

RELIGION in the DEAD SEA SCROLLS......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Diacritical Marks, Sigla, and Abbreviations......Page 9
John J. Collins: Introduction......Page 12
John J. Collins: Powers in Heaven: God, Gods, and Angels in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 20
The Heavenly Host in the Scrolls......Page 22
Principal Angels......Page 25
Principal Angels in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 27
The Divinity of the Messiah......Page 30
The Exaltation of Human Beings......Page 33
Communal Exaltation......Page 34
A Throne in Heaven......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 38
Eileen Schuller: Petitionary Prayer and the Religion of Qumran......Page 40
Martin Hengel: Qumran and Hellenism......Page 57
Hellenistic Technology......Page 58
The Yaḥad as a Voluntary Association......Page 59
The Intellectualization of Piety......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 66
Timothy H. Lim: The Qumran Scrolls, Multilingualism, and Biblical Interpretation......Page 68
Old Problems, New Perspectives......Page 69
Etymology......Page 70
Literary Genre......Page 71
Pesherite Biblical Quotations: Textual or Exegetical Variants?......Page 76
The Languages of the Qumran Scrolls......Page 78
Biblical Authors and Exegetes......Page 83
Prophecy, Revelation, and Fulfillment......Page 84
Hannah K. Harrington: The Halakah and Religion of Qumran......Page 85
Robert A. Kugler: Rewriting Rubrics: Sacrifice and the Religion of Qumran......Page 101
Exegetically Based Scrolls on Sacrifice and Closely Related Topics: A Survey......Page 103
The Case of 4QMMT......Page 105
1. 4QMMT B 11-13; 16-17 (?); 25-27; 82 (?)......Page 107
2. 4QMMT B 9-13......Page 110
3. 4QMMT Β 13-17......Page 112
4. 4QMMT Β 27-35......Page 113
5. 4QMMT Β 36-38......Page 115
6. 4QMMT Β 39-49......Page 117
7. 4QMMT Β 49-54......Page 119
8. 4QMMT Β 62-64......Page 120
9. 4QMMT Β 75-82......Page 121
Conclusions......Page 123
James C. VanderKam: Apocalyptic Tradition in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Religion of Qumran......Page 124
a. Copies (8): 1Q71-72 (classical script)......Page 127
b. Cited......Page 128
c. Related Texts......Page 129
d. Other Effects of Daniel......Page 130
a. Copies (11 in Aramaic)......Page 131
b. Cited/Used......Page 133
a. Copies: 14/15......Page 136
b. Quotations......Page 137
c. Use and Influence......Page 139
Summary......Page 143
Craig A. Evans: Qumran's Messiah: How Important Is He?......Page 146
Qumran's Two Messiahs......Page 152
The Royal Messiah and Battle......Page 154
The Royal Messiah and the Anointed Priest......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 159
Selected Bibliography of Recent Writings on the Religion of the Scrolls......Page 161
Index of Ancient Literature......Page 164
Index of Modern Authors......Page 175

✦ Subjects

Религиоведение;Религиоведение иудаизма;