Judaism of the Second Temple Period

by Flusser, David

• ISBN13: 9780802824691
• ISBN10: 0802824692
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

David Flusser was a very prolific scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and his contributions to Scrolls research, apocalypticism, and apocalyptic literature are inestimable. With this English translation of many of his essays, Flusser??'s insights are now available to a wider audience than ever before. Here Flusser examines the influence of apocalypticism on various Jewish sects. He states that the teachings of Jesus, while reflecting first and foremost the views of the sages, were also influenced by Jewish apocalypticism. Examining the Essenes, their effect on Hebrew language, the split of sects, and much more, Flusser??'s collected essays offer an important source of study for any Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.

Table of Contents

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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