Introduction -- The manuscripts of the War Texts and their contents -- The composition and genre of 1QM -- The date of 1QM -- The War Texts and the Hebrew Bible
Summary
The War Texts is the name given to a small group of Dead Sea Scrolls that depict the preparation for and the various phases of the eschatological battle between the ''Sons of Light'' and the ''Sons of Darkness''. Jean Duhaime briefly surveys the history of these texts from their initial discovery to their official publication. He describes the different scrolls and gives details of their contents and their relationships to one another. Duhaime summarizes the various reasons supporting a dating of this composition to the Hellenistic or Roman period and provides an example of the use of the Bibl
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-131) and index
