List Books » Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature)
Authors: John Joseph Collins (Editor), Robert A. (Ed.) Kugler, Robert A. Kugler
ISBN-13: 9780802847430, ISBN-10: 0802847439
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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.
Contributors:
John J. Collins
Craig A. Evans
Hannah K. Harrington
Martin Hengel
Robert A. Kugler
Timothy H. Lim
Eileen Schuller
James C. VanderKam
"An important milestone in Dead Sea Scrolls studies. Here we have the first serious attempt, since the general release of all the unpublished fragments in 1991, to consider in a comprehensive way the various religious perspectives to be found in the whole body of evidence or exemplary parts of it. Though there is much more yet to be said on the topics raised here, and indeed on others not included, in many ways these essays will set the agenda for future discussion."
Contributors | ||
Diacritical Marks, Sigla, and Abbreviations | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Powers in Heaven: God, Gods, and Angels in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 9 | |
Petitionary Prayer and the Religion of Qumran | 29 | |
Qumran and Hellenism | 46 | |
The Qumran Scrolls, Multilingualism, and Biblical Interpretation | 57 | |
The Halakah and Religion of Qumran | 74 | |
Rewriting Rubrics: Sacrifice and the Religion of Qumran | 90 | |
Apocalyptic Tradition in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Religion of Qumran | 113 | |
Qumran's Messiah: How Important Is He? | 135 | |
Selected Bibliography of Recent Writings on the Religion of the Scrolls | 150 | |
Index of Ancient Literature | 153 | |
Index of Modern Authors | 164 |