The Ancient Library of QumranFortress Press, 1995 - 204 pages Since the first publication of this book in 1959 it has become a classic: It is a sober and objective account by a scholar who has taken a leading part in the editing and evaluation of the Qumran texts. The book opens with an account of the history of the finds, and each subsequent chapter deals with a single but major area of scroll research. Each records an attempt to achieve in a given area a synthesis, or at least a systematic interpretation, of the facts now available. Old and new, published and unpublished data are drawn upon. For this revised edition, the history of the finds has been updated to the present, and a final chapter has been added detailing some of the author's views of and reactions to recent discussions and publications not found in the earlier editions. |
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... Psalms Scroll from Qumrân , Cave XI ( 4QPsa ) . The scroll is shown in the condition it was found , before unrolling . Photograph : Israel Antiquities Authority . Figure 12. Fragments of a Jeremiah manuscript from Cave IV ( 4QJerb ) ...
... Psalms Scroll from Qumrân , Cave XI ( 4QPsa ) . The scroll is shown in the condition it was found , before unrolling . Photograph : Israel Antiquities Authority . Figure 12. Fragments of a Jeremiah manuscript from Cave IV ( 4QJerb ) ...
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... Psalms of Thanksgiving from Cave 1. Published in OMG The sectarian War of the Children of Light Against the Children of Darkness . Published in OMG . The Great Isaiah Scroll from Cave 1. Published in SQL . A manuscript of Isaiah from ...
... Psalms of Thanksgiving from Cave 1. Published in OMG The sectarian War of the Children of Light Against the Children of Darkness . Published in OMG . The Great Isaiah Scroll from Cave 1. Published in SQL . A manuscript of Isaiah from ...
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... Psalms from Cave 4 . Published in DJD V. A manuscript of Job fom Cave 4. Unpublished . A manuscript of Qohelet ... psalms from Cave 11 , Qumrân . Published in DJD IV . The Cairo Damascus Document A copy of the Damascus Document from Cave ...
... Psalms from Cave 4 . Published in DJD V. A manuscript of Job fom Cave 4. Unpublished . A manuscript of Qohelet ... psalms from Cave 11 , Qumrân . Published in DJD IV . The Cairo Damascus Document A copy of the Damascus Document from Cave ...
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... psalms ( hôdayôt ; 1QH ) ; 1 and an extraordinary document called the Order of the War Between the Children of Light and the Children of Darkness ( 1QM ) .2 The seventh of these scrolls recently has had preliminary publication under the ...
... psalms ( hôdayôt ; 1QH ) ; 1 and an extraordinary document called the Order of the War Between the Children of Light and the Children of Darkness ( 1QM ) .2 The seventh of these scrolls recently has had preliminary publication under the ...
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Contents
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Discovery of an Ancient Library and Related Discoveries 19601993 | 47 |
THE ESSENES THE PEOPLE OF THE SCROLLS | 54 |
1 An Essene Community in the Wilderness | 55 |
2 The Old Sources and the New Scrolls | 66 |
2 The Archaic Text of the Old Testament | 124 |
3 Early Recensions of the Old Testament | 138 |
THE ESSENES AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH | 143 |
The Gospel of John | 149 |
2 Some Common Eschatological Motifs | 156 |
3 The Order and Liturgical Institutions of the Apocalyptic Communities | 165 |
NOTES ON A GENERATION OF QUMRAN STUDIES | 171 |
The Essene Faith and the Christian Gospel | 192 |
THE RIGHTEOUS TEACHER AND ESSENE ORIGINS | 88 |
1 Prolegomena to the Study of the Commentaries | 89 |
2 The Righteous Teacher and the Wicked Priest | 100 |
THE OLD TESTAMENT AT QUMRAN | 121 |
Index of References | 195 |
Index of Authors | 202 |
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