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Scriptures and sectarianism : essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls / John J. Collins.

By: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016Copyright date: ©2014Description: xii, 329 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802873149
Other title:
  • Scriptures & sectarianism [Cover title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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