The Dead Sea Scrolls and the first Christians :essays and translations /Robert Eisenman.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

Part I: 1. Maccabees, Zadokites, Christians and Qumran: a new hypothesis of Qumran origins -- 2. James the Just in the Habakkuk Pesher with appendix on: The "three nets of Belial" in the Damascus document, and "Balla"/"Bela" in the temple scroll -- Part II: The Jerusalem community of James the Just and the community at Qumran -- 4. Paul as herodian -- 5. Interpreting Abeit-Galuto in the Habakkuk Pesher: playing on the transmuting terms -- 6. Eschotological "rain" imagery in the war scroll and the letter of James -- 7. Interpreting some Esotericisms: the kinds of the peoples, the Princes of Judah and Gehazi in the Damascus document -- 8. Joining/joiners, 'Arizei-Goim, and the simple of Ephraim relating to a Cadre of gentile God-fearers at Qumran -- 9. The final proof that James and the righteous teacher are the same -- Part III: 10. The Damascus document (CD: columns I-VIII of the Cairo Genizah version, including both manuscript A and columns XIX-XX of manuscript B) -- 11. The community rule (1QS: columns I-IX) -- 12. The Habakkuk Pesher (1QpHab). xxix, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations ;25 cm

Book Details

Author

Eisenman, Robert H.

Place Published

City

Edison, N.J.

Date Published

2006

Publication Subjects

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament. Maccabees. Zadokites. Christianity--Origin. James,Brother of the Lord, Saint.

Call No.

BM487 E3.8 2006

ISBN

9780785818854, 0785818855

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia