The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Garcia Martinez, F.; Barrera, Julio Trebolle; Watson, Wilfred G. E.; Martinez, Florentino Garcia; Trebolle Barrera, J.

• ISBN13: 9789004100855
• ISBN10: 9004100857
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book, written jointly by two distinguished Qumran scholars, attempts to provide answers to some important questions that have been discussed recently in media reports on the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as: have certain manuscripts been suppressed?; do the manuscripts question substantial aspects of the Jewish and Christian traditions?; do the roots of Early Christianity derive from the Essene movement?; and more. This volume offers solid and up-to-date information on the literary heritage, the social organization and the religious beliefs of the Qumran community and its links with Early Christianity. It gives the reader an opportunity to look behind the scenes of the research of the Dead Sea texts and the ongoing scholarly debate on the origins of the Essene movement and the Qumran sect.

Author Biography

Florentino Garcia Martinez is Professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where he heads the Qumran Institute.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 3
The Qumran Finds Without a Hint of Scandal	p. 17
The Men of the Dead Sea	p. 31
The Essenes of Qumran: Between Submission to the Law and Apocalyptic Flight	p. 50
The Origins of the Essene Movement and of the Qumran Sect	p. 77
The Bible and Biblical Interpretation in Qumran	p. 99
Biblical Borderlines	p. 123
Messianic Hopes in the Qumran Writings	p. 159
The Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus Christ and the Origins of Christianity	p. 193
The Qumran Texts and the New Testament	p. 203
Brotherly Rebuke in Qumran and Mt 18:15-7	p. 221
Notes	p. 233
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