The pesharim and Qumran history : chaos or consensus? /

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Author / Creator:Charlesworth, James H.
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans, c2002.
Description:xiv, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4773512
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Other authors / contributors:Novakovic, Lidija.
ISBN:0802839886 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Illustrations
  • The Hermeneutics of the Pesharim
  • Chaos Regarding History Camouflaged as Hermeneutics?
  • Qumran Hermeneutics
  • The Sociology of Qumran Hermeneutics
  • The Pesharim as Fulfillment Hermeneutics
  • The Pesharim and Qumran History: Chaos or Consensus?
  • Introduction
  • Sources for Qumran History
  • Synopsis of Qumran History
  • Phase I. Archaeological Period Ia
  • How to Translate [characters not reproducible]?
  • Who Was the Righteous Teacher?
  • Who Was the "Man of Lies"?
  • Who Was "the Wicked Priest"?
  • The Exodus of the Righteous Teacher
  • Reactions to Archaeological Period Ia
  • Phase II. Archaeological Period Ib
  • Phase III. Archaeological Period of Abandonment
  • Phase IV. Archaeological Period II
  • Were Qumranites Conservative Essenes?
  • Chaos or Consensus?
  • Phase V. Archaeological Period III
  • Results for Reflections
  • Was Qumran a Celibate Monastery?
  • Summary
  • The Pesharim and Qumran History
  • What Is a Pesher?
  • Methodology
  • Summary
  • The Date of the Pesharim
  • Historical Allusions in the Pesharim
  • Historical Allusions within Palestinian Judaism
  • The Unparalleled Authority of the Righteous Teacher
  • The Righteous Teacher Was a Priest
  • Faith in the Righteous Teacher
  • The Persecution of the Righteous Teacher and the Calendar of His Group
  • The Wicked Priest
  • The Rise and Fall of the Wicked Priest
  • The End of the Wicked Priest
  • The Man of the Lie (= Scoffer, the Spouter of the Lie)
  • The Crucifixion of Some Seekers-After-Smooth-Things
  • Alexander Jannaeus
  • Judah, Ephraim, and Manasseh
  • Historical Allusions Outside Palestinian Judaism: The Greeks and Romans
  • The Kittim
  • Demetrius
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes by Professor Lidija Novakovic
  • Index of Biblical Quotations in the Pesharim, Other Commentaries, and Related Documents
  • Text-critical Variants in the Pesharim, Other Commentaries, and Related Documents
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes
  • Biblical Texts
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Other Ancient Writings
  • Modern Authors
  • Subjects