Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea scrolls

Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea scrolls / John J. Collins.

Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Series:Literature of the Dead Sea scrolls.
Subjects:
Dead Sea scrolls > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls
Qumrantexte
Mer Morte, Manuscrits de la > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature
Apokalyptik
Dode-Zeerollen.
Apocalyptiek.
Littérature apocalyptique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • APOCALYPTICISM IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
  • CONTENTS
  • SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND RABBINIC SOURCES
  • APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA
  • OTHER SOURCES
  • GLOSSARY
  • 1
  • WHAT IS APOCALYPTICISM?
  • THE LITERARY GENRE APOCALYPSE IN ANTIQUITY
  • APOCALYPSE AND PROPHECY
  • THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW
  • THE DIVERSITY OF THE SCROLLS
  • APOCALYPTICISM AND THE SCROLLS
  • 2
  • DANIEL, ENOCH AND RELATED LITERATURE
  • DANIEL
  • DANIEL'S VISIONS
  • PSEUDO-DANIELIC WRITINGS
  • THE ENOCH TRADITION
  • JUBILEES
  • THE APOCALYPSES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE DEAD SEA SECT
  • 3
  • CREATION AND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
  • THE MYTH OF THE WATCHERS
  • THE SAPIENTIAL TRADITION
  • THE ENOCH TRADITION IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE SAPIENTIAL TRADITION IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE INSTRUCTION ON THE TWO SPIRITS
  • ZOROASTRIAN INFLUENCE
  • DUALISM IN A JEWISH CONTEXT
  • A CORPUS OF DUALISTIC WRITINGS
  • DUALISM AND THE IDEOLOGY OF THE SECT
  • 4
  • THE PERIODS OF HISTORY AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE END
  • THE PERIODIZATION OF HISTORY
  • PERIODIZATION IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE END OF DAYS
  • EXCURSUS ON THE TEMPLE SCROLL AND NEW JERUSALEM TEXT
  • THE CALCULATION AND RECALCULATION OF THE END
  • THE CALCULATION OF THE END IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE NATURE OF THE END
  • THE PERSISTENCE OF ESCHATOLOGICAL EXPECTATION
  • 5
  • MESSIANIC EXPECTATION
  • THE IDEA OF A MESSIAH
  • THE ORIGIN OF MESSIANIC EXPECTATION
  • THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
  • MESSIANISM IN THE HASMONEAN PERIOD
  • MESSIAHS OF AARON AND ISRAEL
  • THE ROLE OF THE DAVIDIC MESSIAH
  • THE "SON OF GOD" TEXT
  • THE PRIESTLY MESSIAH
  • THE MESSIAH WHOM HEAVEN AND EARTH OBEY
  • CONCLUSION
  • 6
  • THE ESCHATOLOGICAL WAR
  • THE TRADITIONAL OPPOSITION
  • THE ESCHATOLOGICAL WAR IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE REGULATIONS FOR WARFARE IN 1QM 2-9
  • THE DUALISTIC FRAMEWORK
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WAR RULE
  • THE WAR RULE AND THE DEAD SEA SECT
  • 7
  • RESURRECTION AND ETERNAL LIFE
  • BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS
  • THE EARLY APOCALYPSES: RESURRECTION OF THE SPIRIT
  • JOSEPHUS ON THE ESSENES
  • THE EVIDENCE OF THE RULE BOOKS
  • THE HODAYOT
  • THE BURIALS AT QUMRAN
  • RESURRECTION IN SCROLLS THAT ARE NOT CLEARLY SECTARIAN
  • CONCLUSION
  • 8
  • THE HEAVENLY WORLD
  • THE APOCALYPTIC TRADITION
  • THE QUESTION OF MYSTICISM
  • THE HEAVENLY WORLD IN THE SCROLLS
  • THE SONGS OF SABBATH SACRIFICE
  • THE FUNCTION OF THE SABBATH SONGS
  • A THRONE IN HEAVEN (4Q491)
  • CONCLUSION
  • 9
  • THE APOCALYPTICISM OF THE SCROLLS IN CONTEXT
  • THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW
  • CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION
  • THE PLACE OF APOCALYPTICISM IN ANCIENT JUDAISM
  • JESUS OF NAZARETH AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
  • THE EARLY CHURCH
  • THE FATE OF THE SCROLLS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
  • INDEX OF PASSAGES.

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