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Sects and scrolls : essays on Qumran and related topics / by Philip R. Davies.

By: Davies, Philip R
Material type: TextTextSeries: South Florida studies in the history of Judaism: 134.Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 187 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0788502131 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D | Dead Sea scrolls -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Damascus document | Eschatology, JewishDDC classification: 296.8/1 LOC classification: BM176 | .D378 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Hasidim in the Maccabean period -- Eschatology in the book of Daniel -- Ideology of the temple in the Damascus Document -- Eschatology at Qumran -- How not to do archaeology : the story of Qumran -- Teacher of Righeousness and the end of days -- Birthplace of the Essenes : where is "Damascus"? -- Halakhah at Qumran -- Sadducees in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Communities at Qumran and the case of the missing teacher -- Redaction and sectarianism in the Qumran scrolls -- The 'Damascus' sect and Judaism -- Indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Hasidim in the Maccabean period -- Eschatology in the book of Daniel -- Ideology of the temple in the Damascus Document -- Eschatology at Qumran -- How not to do archaeology : the story of Qumran -- Teacher of Righeousness and the end of days -- Birthplace of the Essenes : where is "Damascus"? -- Halakhah at Qumran -- Sadducees in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Communities at Qumran and the case of the missing teacher -- Redaction and sectarianism in the Qumran scrolls -- The 'Damascus' sect and Judaism -- Indexes.

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