Scriptures and sectarianism : essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls / John J. Collins.
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016Copyright date: ©2014Description: xii, 329 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780802873149
- Scriptures & sectarianism [Cover title]
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BM487 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42259308 |
Originally published: Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-305) and indexes.
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.