Foreword | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. x |
Introduction: Qumran and the Essenes | p. xi |
The Dead Sea Sect and Its Worldview | p. 1 |
The Essene Worldview | p. 25 |
The Economic Ideology of Qumran | p. 32 |
Medicine and Qumran | p. 38 |
A Pre-Gnostic Concept in the Dead Sea Scrolls | p. 40 |
"In the Image of the Likeness of His Form" | p. 50 |
"Not by an Angel..." | p. 61 |
A Qumran Fragment and the Second Blessing of the Amidah | p. 66 |
4QMMT and the Benediction Against the Minim | p. 70 |
The 'Book of the Mysteries' and the High Holy Days Liturgy | p. 119 |
Apocalyptic Elements in the War Scroll | p. 140 |
The Death of the Wicked King | p. 159 |
A Comment on a Prayer for the Welfare of King Jonathan | p. 170 |
The Roman Empire in Hasmonean and Essene Eyes | p. 175 |
The Eschatological Temple | p. 207 |
Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes in Pesher Nahum | p. 214 |
The Apocryphal Psalms of David | p. 258 |
The "Flesh-Spirit" Dualism in the Qumran Scrolls and the New Testament | p. 283 |
"The Secret Things Belong to the Lord" (Deut. 29:29): Ben Sira and the Essenes | p. 293 |
The Jewish Origins of the Early Church's Attitude toward the State | p. 299 |
The Isaiah Pesher and the Notion of Twelve Apostles in the Early Church | p. 305 |
The Half-shekel in the Gospels and the Qumran Community | p. 327 |
Index of Names | p. 334 |
Index of Subjects | p. 337 |
Index of Sources | p. 342 |
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