In this Book
- Behind the Essenes: History and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Book
- Published by: Brown Judaic Studies
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summary
A collection of essays by Philip Davies on aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While composed to stand along, together these essays create a strong synthetic argument about the Essenes and the production of the Dead Sea Scrolls that remains important and challenging to the present day.
Table of Contents
- Half Title
- p. i
- Series Page
- p. ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Publishers' Preface
- p. vii
- Acknowledgements
- p. 7
- Introduction
- pp. 9-14
- Two: Qumran Beginnings
- pp. 15-31
- Sons of Zadok
- pp. 51-72
- Marriage and the Essenes
- pp. 73-85
- A Comparison of Three Essene Texts
- pp. 107-134
- Index of Modern Authors
- pp. 149-150
Additional Information
ISBN
9781946527219
Related ISBN
9781946527479
MARC Record
OCLC
1146567146
Launched on MUSE
2020-03-30
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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