The Pesharim and Qumran History Chaos or Consensus?
- Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2002
- 171p
includes index and biblioraphy
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 la) How to Translate jTTXn mm? Who Was the Righteous Teacher? Who Was the "Man of Lies"? Who Was "the Wicked Priest"? The Exodus of the Righteous Teacher 37 Reactions to Archaeological Period la 42 Phase II (Archaeological Period Ib) 44 Phase III (Archaeological Period of Abandonment) 50 Phase IV (Archaeological Period II) 52 Were Qumranites Conservative Essenes? 55 Chaos or Consensus? 56 Phase V (Archaeological Period III) 58 Results for Reflections 59 Was Qumran a Celibate Monastery? 62 Summary 66 The Pesharim and Qumran History 67 What Is a Pesher? 68 Methodology 70 Summary 76 The Date of the Pesharim 77 Historical Allusions in the Pesharim 80 Historical Allusions within Palestinian Judaism 83 The Unparalleled Authority of the Righteous Teacher 83 The Righteous Teacher Was a Priest 88 Faith in the Righteous Teacher 89 The Persecution of the Righteous Teacher and the Calendar of His Group 89 The Wicked Priest 91 The Rise and Fall of the Wicked Priest 92 The End of the Wicked Priest 93 The Man of the Lie (= Scoffer, the Spouter of the Lie) 94 The Crucifixion of Some Seekers-After-Smooth-Things 97 Alexander Jannaeus 99 Judah, Ephraim, and Manasseh 106 Historical Allusions Outside Palestinian Judaism:The Greeks and Romans 109