| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 529 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-511) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Discovery and disclosure: liberating the scrolls -- 1. Shepherds and scholars: secrets of the caves -- 2. Scholars, scrolls, and scandals -- 3. The archaeology of Qumran -- Pt. II. The community at Qumran -- 4. Judaism, Hellenism, and Sectarianism -- 5. Origins and early history -- 6. The Character of the community -- 7. Leadership -- 8. Women in the scrolls -- 9. Faith and belief -- Pt. III. Closing the canon: Biblical texts and interpretation -- 10 Bible, canon, and text -- 12. Apocryphal literature -- 13. Wisdom and the mysteries of creation -- 13. Biblical interpretation -- 14. The prophets in the hands of men -- Pt. IV. To live as a Jew -- 15. The theology of Jewish law -- 16. The enigma of the Temple Scroll -- 17. The law of the sect -- 18. Prayer and ritual -- Pt. V. Mysticism, Messianism, and the end of days -- 19. The Messianic idea -- 20. The community at the end of days -- 21. The 'pierced Messiah' and other controversial texts -- 22. Mysticism and magic -- Pt. VI. Sectarianism, nationalism, and consensus -- 23. Israel and the nations -- 24. Jerusalem, the Holy City -- 25. The decline of sectarianism and the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism. |
| Subject |
Dead Sea scrolls.
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Qumran community.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Schiffman, Lawrence H. Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls. 1st ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1994 (OCoLC)606170711 |
| ISBN |
0827605307 |
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9780827605305 |
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