Scriptures and sectarianism : essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls / [print]
John J. Collins.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c)2016.
- xii, 329 pages ; 23 cm
Originally published: Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Introduction: What have we learned from the Dead Sea scrolls? -- The transformation of the Torah in Second Temple Judaism -- Changing scripture -- Tradition and innovation in the Dead Sea scrolls -- The interpretation of Genesis in the Dead Sea scrolls -- The interpretation of Psalm 2 -- The Book of Daniel and the Dead Sea scrolls -- Historiography in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Reading for history in the Dead Sea scrolls -- "Enochic Judaism" and the sect of the Dead Sea scrolls -- Sectarian consciousness in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Covenant and dualism in the Dead Sea scrolls -- The angelic life -- The Essenes and the afterlife -- Prayer and meaning of ritual in the Dead Sea scrolls -- The eschatologizing of wisdom in the Dead Sea scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the New Testament: the case of the suffering servant.
Essays representing ten years of John J. Collins's expert reflection on Scripture and the Qumran community are here collected in a volume that is sure to be of interest to students and scholars of Early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Collins opens with the introductory chapter "What Have We Learned from the Dead Sea Scrolls?" before offering essays on the authority and interpretation of Scripture, historiography and the emergence of the Qumran sect, and specific aspects of the sectarian worldview: covenant and dualism, the angelic world, the afterlife, prayer and ritual, and wisdom. A concluding epilogue considers the account of the Suffering Servant and illustrates the relevance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for early Christianity. - from publisher.
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Dead Sea scrolls. Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament. Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.