From the Damascus Covenant to the Covenant of the Community

From the Damascus Covenant to the Covenant of the Community
Author: Stephen Hultgren
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004154655

This volume offers new insight into the origins of the "new covenant in the land of Damascus" and the Qumran community, and explores topics related to their covenantal theology.

The Damascus Covenant

The Damascus Covenant
Author: Philip R. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0905774515

The Damascus Document is the most important witness to the origins of the Qumran community. The author surveys previous research, with particular emphasis on the syntheses of H. Stegemann and J. Murphy-O'Connor. A more comprehensive view of the redaction and ideology of the document is offered, leading to the conclusion that it is originally a product of a community which traced its origins to the Babylonian exile. The extant Cairo manuscripts represent a Qumran recension, confirming the opinion of many scholars that the Qumran community originated as a splinter movement from an earlier and larger community. The Hebrew text and a translation are provided.

The New Testament Code

The New Testament Code
Author: Robert H. Eisenman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 1134
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781842931868

In this follow-up to his blockbuster biblical studies, world-renowned scholar Eisenman not only gives a full examination of James' relationship to the Dead Sea Scrolls, he also reveals the true history of Palestine in the first century and the real "Jesus" of that time. It's a work of intriguing speculative history, complete with a conspiracy theory as compelling as any thriller.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Donald T. Ariel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Dead Sea Scrolls are regarded as perhaps the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century - their importance to the history and development of Judaism and Christianity is unquestionable. This lavishly produced book shows the scrolls in their context, providing translations, pictures, and information on associated finds.

The Laws of the Damascus Document

The Laws of the Damascus Document
Author: Charlotte Hempel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-11-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004350306

The Damascus Document is one of the key texts to have been discovered in both spectacular Jewish manuscript discoveries of the 20 th century: the Cairo Genizah and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The legal part of this document has until recently received little scholarly attention. With the recent publication of eight manuscripts of the Damascus Document from cave 4, which provide a substantial amount of additional legal material, the legal part of this document is set to be the focus of research in coming years. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the Laws of the Damascus Document which fully incorporates the new cave 4 evidence. The author offers a close reading of the text and identifies a number of literary strata as well as a considerable amount of redactional activity.

The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period

The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period
Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2021-11-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004497048

During the reign of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. This Second Temple period is characterised by a changing mode of thinking. This volume traces the development of the concept of the covenant during this important era, by discussing relevant texts among the Apocrypha, such as Wisdom of Solomon; the Pseudepigrapha, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jubilees; and the New Testament, such as the Pauline Letters. The authors deal with interesting concepts related to the idea of the covenant, such as law, wisdom, election, grace, the kingdom of God and even the role of food. This is an important piece of work for understanding the notion of the covenant in Judaism and Christianity, useful for theologians and historians, as well as students of the respective disciplines.

Reading for History in the Damascus Document

Reading for History in the Damascus Document
Author: Maxine L. Grossman
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004122529

Thematic readings of the Damascus Document, in light of contemporary (audience-oriented) literary criticism, highlight the ideological structures of the text and allow for the development of an alternative approach to the history of ancient Jewish sectarianism.

Beyond the Qumran Community

Beyond the Qumran Community
Author: John J. Collins
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802828876

With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, fresh analysis of the evidence presented can be and indeed, should be made. Beyond the Qumran Community does just that, reaching a surprising conclusion: the sect described in the Dead Sea Scrolls developed later than has usually been supposed and was never confi ned to the site of Qumran. / John J. Collins here deconstructs the Qumran community and shows that the sectarian documents actually come from a text spread throughout the land. He examines the Community Rule, or Yahad, and considers the Teacher of Righteousness, a pivotal fi gure in the Essene movement. After examining the available evidence, Collins concludes that it is, in fact, overwhelmingly likely that the site of Qumran housed merely a single settlement of a very widespread movement.