Angels Associated with Israel in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Angels Associated with Israel in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Matthew L. Walsh
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3161553039

A well-known characteristic of the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls are their assertions that membership in the Qumran movement included present and eschatological fellowship with the angels, but scholars disagree as to the precise meaning of these claims. To gain a better understanding of angelic fellowship at Qumran, Matthew L. Walsh utilizes the early Jewish concept that certain angels were closely associated with Israel. Moreover, these angels, which included guardians and priests, were envisioned within apocalyptic worldviews that assumed that realities on earth corresponded to those of the heavenly realm. A comparison of non-sectarian texts with sectarian compositions reveals that the Qumran movement's lofty assertions of communion with the guardians and priests of heavenly Israel would have made a significant contribution to their identity as the true Israel.

The Book of Parables: Christian Apocrypha Series

The Book of Parables: Christian Apocrypha Series
Author: Enoch
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2019-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631184296

One of numerous texts that were removed from the Bible. This piece was traditionally attributed to Enoch. These Parables are part of the tradition of Apocalyptic Literature, and come to us as the Voice of God.

Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat

Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat
Author: Carmen Palmer
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0884144364

A reexamination of the people and movements associated with Qumran, their outlook on the world, and what bound them together Dead Sea Scrolls, Revise and Repeat examines the identity of the Qumran movement by reassessing former conclusions and bringing new methodologies to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The collection as a whole addresses questions of identity as they relate to law, language, and literary formation; considerations of time and space; and demarcations of the body. The thirteen essays in this volume reassess the categorization of rule texts, the reuse of scripture, the significance of angelic fellowship, the varieties of calendrical use, and celibacy within the Qumran movement. Contributors consider identity in the Dead Sea Scrolls from new interdisciplinary perspectives, including spatial theory, legal theory, historical linguistics, ethnicity theory, cognitive literary theory, monster theory, and masculinity theory. Features Essays that draw on new theoretical frameworks and recent advances in Qumran studies A tribute to the late Peter Flint, whose scholarship helped to shape Qumran studies

Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism

Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism
Author: Annette Yoshiko Reed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 052111943X

A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: James VanderKam
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2005-07-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780567084682

In this book, two of the world's leading experts on the scrolls reveal the complete and fascinating story in all its detail: the amazing discovery, the intense controversies, and the significant revelations. This comprehensive, up-to-date guide is the def

The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Ruth A. Clements
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004384235

The Dead Sea Scrolls offer a window onto the rich theological landscape of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Through careful textual analysis, the authors of these twelve studies explore such topics as dualism and determinism, esoteric knowledge, eschatology and covenant, the nature of heaven and / or the divine, moral agency, and more; as well as connections between concepts expressed in the Qumran corpus and in later Jewish and Christian literature. The religious worldviews reflected in the Scrolls constitute part of the ideological environment of Second Temple Judaism; the analysis of these texts is essential for the reconstruction of that milieu. Taken together, these studies indicate the breadth and depth of theological reflection in the Second Temple period.

The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Hellenistic Judea

The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Hellenistic Judea
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2022-10-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004522441

This volume situates the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls within Hellenistic Judea. By so doing, this volume shows how the Dead Sea Scrolls participate in broad, cross-cultural intellectual discourses that surpass the Jewish group that produced and collected these scrolls.

In Consideration of the Book(s) of Enoch

In Consideration of the Book(s) of Enoch
Author: Ken Ammi
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2017-05-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781546895114

A review of the issues which encircle the Book(s) of Enoch including textual issue, the early church's opinions, relationship with the Bible and that which is stated therein regarding Cherubim, Seraphim, Satan, Angels, giants and the Nephilim.

The Rule of the Association and Related Texts

The Rule of the Association and Related Texts
Author: John J Collins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2024-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019884574X

The series provides commentaries on the most important of the non-biblical texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls. This volume considers the Serek Texts, or the Rule of the Community, which are concerned with the internal organization of the Qumran community, usually identified as the Essenes.