The Qumran Community

ISBN-13: 9780521285520 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 288 str.

Michael A. Knibb

Opis

This book provides a new translation of substantial extracts from the Qumran writings, which comprise an important part of the Dead Sea scrolls. The writings reflect the beliefs and practices of a religious community which existed on the shores of the Dead Sea between the middle of the second century BC and AD 68. They shed considerable light on the Essences, whose movement had an important focus at Qumran.

Spis treści

General editors' preface; List of abbreviations; Chronological table; Introduction; The Damascus document; The community rule; The rule of the congregation; The hymns; The genesis apocryphon; The prayer of Nabonidus; The commentaries; Florilegium; Testimonia; Index.