| Description |
xiv, 187 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
The literature of the Dead Sea scrolls |
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Literature of the Dead Sea scrolls.
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| Contents |
What is apocalypticism? -- Daniel, Enoch, and related literature -- Creation and the origin of evil -- The periods of history and the expectation of the end -- Messianic expectation -- The eschatological war -- Resurrection and eternal life -- The heavenly world -- The apocalypticism of the scrolls in context. rc |
| Summary |
This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism and filtered into Christianity |
| Analysis |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism |
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Apocalyptic literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Dead Sea scrolls - Criticism, interpretation, etc |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-175) and indexes |
| SUBJECT |
Dead Sea scrolls. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79071139
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Dead Sea scrolls http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79071139 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004866
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Dead Sea scrolls http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79071139 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004866
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| Subject |
Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
97214134 |
| ISBN |
0415146364 (hbk) |
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0415146372 (paperback) |
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