The Scepter and the Star

by Collins, John Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780802832238
• ISBN10: 0802832237
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-12
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. His many other books include Beyond the Qumran Community, King and Messiah as Son of God, The Bible after Babel, and The Apocalyptic Imagination.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. viii
Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Dürer's Illustration of Christ Messiah	p. xii
Map of Palestine: Location of Qumran Caves	p. xiii
Messianism and the Scrolls	p. 1
A Common Jewish Hope?	p. 3
The Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 6
The Terminological Issue	p. 16
The Fallen Booth of David: Messianism and the Hebrew Bible	p. 21
The Emergence of a Canon	p. 21
The Royal Ideology	p. 24
Predictions of an Ideal King	p. 26
A Gentile ôMessiahö	p. 32
A Messianic Movement in the Persian Period?	p. 34
The Absence of Messianism in the Second Temple Period	p. 37
The Transformation of Messianism in Daniel	p. 42
The Savior King in Egyptian Judaism	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 50
A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse	p. 52
The Psalms of Solomon	p. 52
The Political Context	p. 54
The Davidic Hope	p. 57
The Davidic Messiah in the Scrolls	p. 61
The Pesher on Isaiah	p. 62
The Messiah in the War Rule	p. 64
Diverse Titles of the Messiah	p. 68
Star and Scepter in the Damascus Document	p. 71
Exegetical Traditions	p. 73
The Character and Role of the Davidic Messiah	p. 77
The Messiahs of Aaron and Israel	p. 79
One or Two Messiahs?	p. 79
Theories of Development	p. 84
Excursus: The Damascus Document, Col. 7	p. 87
The Origins of Priestly Messianism	p. 92
Jubilees	p. 93
Aramaic Levi	p. 96
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs	p. 101
The Development of the Levi Tradition	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 108
Teacher, Priest and Prophet	p. 110
The Teacher at the End of Days	p. 110
The Understanding of the End of Days	p. 113
Excursus: The Sanctuary of Men	p. 116
The Temple Scroll and the End of Days	p. 119
The Teacher and the End of Days	p. 122
Teacher and Prophet	p. 123
Teacher and Priest	p. 126
The Eschatological Prophet	p. 128
4Q521	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 141
Excursus: The Suffering Servant at Qumran?	p. 141
A Throne in the Heavens	p. 149
The Textual Evidence	p. 149
The Relation to the Hymnic Material	p. 154
The Identity of the Individual	p. 155
Ascent to Heaven?	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 163
Excursus: Israel Knohl's Messiah Before Jesus	p. 164
The Messiah as the Son of God	p. 171
Proposed Interpretations	p. 173
The Literary Context	p. 176
A Negative Figure?	p. 179
The Collective Interpretation	p. 181
The Angelic Interpretation	p. 181
The Messianic Interpretation	p. 183
Excursus: Other Possible ôSon of Godö Passages	p. 185
The Role and Nature of the Son of God	p. 189
The Danielic Son of Man	p. 191
Daniel 7	p. 193
The Similitudes of Enoch	p. 196
Fourth Ezra	p. 205
Common Assumptions	p. 210
Messianic Dreams in Action	p. 215
Prophetic Movements	p. 216
Royal Pretenders	p. 219
Jesus and the Davidic Messiah	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 238
Chronological Table	p. 274
Abbreviations	p. 276
Index of Authors	p. 280
Index of Scriptural Citations	p. 287
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 291
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