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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

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by Geza Vermes


  ° N. S. Fujita, ACrack in the Jar:What Ancient Jewish Documents Tell Us about the New Testament, New York, 1986.

  R. Eisenman, JamestheJustin the HabbakukPesher, Leiden, 1986.

  J. H. Charlesworth, ed., Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls, New York/London, 1992.

  F. H. Cryer and T. L. Thompson, eds., Qumran between the Old and the New Testament, Sheffield, 1998.

  J. R. Davila, ed., The Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaismand Early Christianity, Leiden, 2003.

  G. Vermes, Jesus in his Jewish Context, London/Minneapolis, 2003.

  General Index

  Page references in italics indicate illustrations. Abbreviations are as on the list on pages 91-2.

  Aaron

  Messiah of

  sons of.

  abbreviations, list of

  Abegg, Martin

  Abraham

  and astrology

  covenant with God

  death

  story of

  Absalom, House of

  Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)

  Admonition Associated with the Flood

  Aemilius Scaurus (governor of Syria)

  afterlife

  ‘Age of Wrath’

  Ages of the Creation

  Agrippa 1

  Aland, Kurt

  Albright, W. F., in.

  Alcimus, High Priest

  Alexander the Great

  Alexander, P..

  Allegro, John Marco

  on ammanita muscaria

  and Copper Scroll

  DJD V,

  ammanita muscaria (a fungus)

  Amram, Testament of

  AMS, see Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

  Anderson, A. A., DJD V,

  animal bones found at Qumran site

  Antiochus IV Epiphanes

  Antipas, Prince

  apocalyptic writings

  Apocalyptic Chronology

  Aramaic Apocalypse

  Messianic Apocalypse

  Triumph of Righteousness or Mysteries

  Apocrypha

  Apocryphal Psalms

  biblically based apocryphal works

  Apocryphal Weeks

  apostasy

  Aramaic manuscripts and

  apocrypha

  Aramaic Apocalypse

  Aramaic Bible Translations (Targums)

  archaeology

  Archelaus, Herod

  assemblies

  assembly of all the camps

  assembly of the camp

  assembly of the Congregation

  see also Council of the Community

  astrological physiognomies

  Astronomical Book of Enoch

  Athanasius, Mar

  Atonement, Day of

  Attridge, H.

  Avigad, N..

  Babylonia

  Baillet, Maurice

  DJD 111,

  DJD VII,

  Balaam, prophecy of

  Balakros

  see also Balas, Alexander

  Balas, Alexander

  Bar Kokhba (Jewish rebel leader)

  Barki nafshi (Bless, my soul)

  Barthélemy, Dominique

  Baruch, Apocalypse of

  ‘bastards’

  bathing, ritual

  battle formations

  Baumgarten, J. M..

  DJD XVIII,

  DJDXXXV

  Beatitudes

  Bechtel, Elizabeth Hay.

  Belial

  curses of

  see also Melkiresha’

  Ben Asher codex

  Ben-Dov, J.

  Benedictions

  see also blessings

  Benoit, Pierre

  Berakhot

  Bernstein, M.

  Beyer, K.

  Bible

  biblical canon

  biblically based apocryphal works

  commentaries/interpretation (pesharim)-z

  Aramaic translations (Targums)

  Catenae or Interpretation of Biblical Texts on the Last Days

  Consolations or Tanhumim

  in Damascus Document

  Florilegium or Midrash of the Last Days

  Greek documents

  Heavenly Prince Melchizedek

  historical information within

  of law on marriage

  Ordinances or Commentaries on Biblical Law

  Testimonia or Messianic Anthology

  The Reworked Pentateuch

  Undentifiable Text Commentary

  New Testamentn

  textual reliability

  see also specific books of the Bible

  Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR)

  Biblical Archaeology Society

  birds’ nests

  Bless, My Soul

  blessings

  Blessings of Jacob

  Book of Blessings

  see also Benedictions

  Boismard, M.-E.

  Bonani, G..

  Brady, M.

  brontologion

  Brooke, George J.. .

  Broshi, Magen.

  Brownlee, W. H.

  Burrows, Millar

  Bursar of the Congregation .

  Cairo genizah manuscriptsand n.,

  calendars

  Calendars of Priestly Courses

  Calendric Signs (Otot)

  Calendrical Document C

  MMT sectarian

  Phases of the Moon

  Zodiacal Calendar with a brontologion

  camps, see towns

  Canaan, Sermon on the Conquest of

  Cansdale..

  capital punishment, see death penalty

  Catenae or Interpretation of Biblical Texts on the Last Days

  celibacy.

  cemetery at Qumran

  chariots

  charity

  Charlesworth, J. H.

  Chazon, E.

  children

  entering the Covenant

  excavated bones

  chosen people

  Christianity

  and the Community

  Jewish Christianity

  Chronicles, Books of

  chronology

  ‘Church Orders’

  circumcision

  city of the Covenant

  Claudius, Emperor

  codicology, Hebrew

  Collins, J.

  common ownership

  common table

  exclusion from

  Community

  Four Classes of

  history

  contribution of Scrolls

  history of the Essenes

  list of rebuked members

  as a plant

  religious ideas

  the Covenant

  election and holy life

  future expectations

  worship

  structure and rules of

  at Qumran

  Community, cont’d in towns/camps towns and Qumran compared and linked see also Essenes

  Community Rule

  on healing

  on immortality

  infringements and penalties

  manuscripts

  from Cave 1

  from Cave 4

  hybrid

  on meals

  on Mosaic Law

  no reference to women

  number of copies

  on punctuality

  see also Damascus Document

  Concordance and

  Confession Ritual

  Congregation.

  assembly of

  see also Council of the Community

  Bursar of.

  dismissal from

  joining

  judges of

  Messianic Rule

  providing for all needs

  qualification for

  slandering

  speaking to

  standards of

  see also Community

  Congregation, Prince of

  Blessing of

  ‘hor
oscope’

  Congregation, Rule of see Messianic Rule

  Consolations or Tanhumim

  contemplative life

  converts

  Remonstrances before Conversion

  Coponius (Roman prefect)

  Copper Scroll

  Council of the Community

  at Qumran

  Community Rule on

  Habakkuk Commentary on

  hybrid Community Rule on

  Messianic Rule on

  in towns/camps

  Covenant

  community of

  election and holy life

  future expectations

  worship

  entry into

  Feast of the Renewal of

  new

  oath of

  unfaithful to

  see also Community

  Creation, Psalm of the

  Creation, The Ages of

  Cross, F. M.and ..

  Crown, A..

  crucifixion

  Cryptic Texts

  curses

  of Belial.

  and expulsion

  on insincere conversion

  of Melkiresha‘

  Damascus Document..

  on the Council of the Community

  on the Guardian

  historical information in

  manuscripts

  Exhortation

  from Cave 4

  Statutes

  on the Messiah

  number of copies

  penal code

  on purification

  on skin disease

  and ‘sons of dawn’

  and Temple Scroll

  and towns/camps

  assemblies

  code of law

  Guardian’s qualifications

  head of ‘camp’

  initiation of members

  priests

  on ‘Wicked Priest’

  ‘Damascus, land of’

  Daniel, Book ofand

  Para-Danielic writings

  Darius I, King of Persia

  dating of the Scrolls

  David, King

  descendants

  Moses (or David) Apocryphon

  poetry of

  de Vaux, Father Roland

  dating the Scrollsand .

  and publication of the Scrolls.

  Dead Sea Scrolls

  catalogue

  dating

  discovery of

  greatest novelty

  lack of historical texts

  ‘liberation’ in 1991

  and the New Testament

  number and content

  provenance

  and Qumran and towns/camps

  research and publication

  1947—1967

  1967—1990

  1990—2003

  significance

  Dead Sea Scrolls Bible

  death, life after

  death penalty

  Demetrius III, King

  Deuteronomy, Book of

  dietary restrictions, see food

  Dimant.

  Discoveries in the Judean Desert (DJD)

  Divine Office, Order of

  Divisions oftheTimes, Book of the see also Jubilees

  Donceel-Voûte, Pauline.

  Driver, Godfrey and

  dues, priestly

  Duhaime,J.

  Dupont-Sommer, Andréand

  Ecclesiastes, Book of

  Ecclesiasticus, Book of see also Jesus Ben Sira

  Egypt

  Eisenman, Robertand and .

  Eleazar, son of Nahmani.

  election

  Elgvin, T.

  Elibah, an elder

  Elisha Apocryphon

  Enoch

  and Book of Giants

  Book of

  Prayer of Enosh and Enoch

  ‘Ephraim’

  Eshel, Esther

  Eshel, Esther & Hanan

  Eshel, Hanan.

  Essenes

  disappearance

  and early Christian Church

  Feast of Pentecost

  hidden treasure

  history

  chronological framework

  concealed references in the Scrolls

  decipherment of particular allusions

  membership

  and Qumran.

  religious ideas

  The Covenant

  election and holy life

  future expectations

  worship

  writings and library

  see also Community

  Esther, Book of Proto-Esther.

  Eusebius

  exhortations

  Damascus Document

  Exhortation to Seek Wisdom

  Master’s Exhortation to the Sons of Dawn

  MMT C

  Exodus, Book of

  Historico-theological Narrative based on Genesis and Exodus

  Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus

  Exodus, Sermon on the

  exorcism, poems of

  expulsion from the sect

  Ezekiel.

  Book of

  Pseudo-Ezekiel

  Ezra

  Falk, Daniel

  False Prophets, List of

  feasts and festivals

  agricultural

  liturgical calendar and

  Pentecost (Feast of Weeks)

  prayers for

  Renewal of the Covenant

  ‘fifteen men’

  Fight against Evil Spirits

  firstfruits

  Firstfruits, Day of

  Fitzmyer, J. A...

  Flint, P.

  Flood

  Admonition Associated with the Flood

  see also Noah

  Florilegium or Midrash on the Last Days

  Flusser.

  food

  blessing

  dietary restrictions

  fruits

  priests excluded from eating

  pure

  see also common table

  Foundations of the Community

  Four Classes of the Community

  Four Kingdoms

  Freedman. N..

  Galilee

  Gamaliel II, Patriarch

  García Martínez, F..

  DJD XXIII,

  DJDXXXVI

  garments, pure3

  Genesis

  Apocryphon

  commentaries

  Commentary C

  Commentary D

  Historico-theological Narrative based on Genesis and Exodus

  and Jubilees

  Paraphrase of

  Gentiles

  attacking

  interaction with

  slaves converted to Judaism

  and the Wicked Priest

  Giants, Book of

  Ginzberg.

  gleanings see also tithes

  Glessmer, U.

  Gog

  Golb, Normanand

  Goliath, David and

  Goodman, Martin...

  Goranson, J.

  Greece

  culture and Jewish history

  as enemy

  Greeks referred to as Kittim

  Greek manuscripts and

  Tobit

  Greenfield, J. C.

  Groningen hypothesis

  Guardian (mebaqqer)

  psalm recital

  at Qumran

  in towns/camps

  in towns/camps and at Qumran compared

  see also Master

  Habakkuk Commentary

  interpretation of ‘Lebanon’

  portrait of Kittim

  on Teacher of Righteousness and Wicked Priest

  Halakhah A

  Halakhah B

  Hananiah Notos

  Hananiah, son of Sim[on]

  Harding, G. Lankester

  Harrington, D. J.

  harvesting

  Hasidim

  Hasmonaeans

  Heavenly Lights, Words of the
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br />   Hebrew texts

  alphabet acrostics

  Aramaic translations

  Heinemann, J.

  hekhaloth (heavenly palaces)

  Henning, W.

  Herod Archelaus

  Herod the Great

  Hidden Scrolls from the Judaean Desert (Sukenik)

  Hirschfeld, Yizhar.

  Historical Texts

  A

  C-E

  F

  history, see Community; Jewish history

  Holiness, council of

  Holocaust of the Sabbath, Songs for

  Horbury, W.

  ‘horoscopes’

  Hosea, Commentaries on

  Huntington Library, California and

  Hunzinger, Claus-Hunno

  hymns

  Hymn Celebrating the Morning and the Evening

  hymn ending Community Rule

  Hymn of Glorification A and B

  Hymnic Fragment

  on resurrection

  for the Sabbath Day

  Songs for the Holocaust of the Sabbath

  Teacher of Righteousness and

  Thanksgiving

  war

  see also poetry; psalms

  Hyrcanus see John Hycanus I; John Hyrcanus II

  ideology, Scrolls and New Testament

  idolatry

  immortality

  initiation into the sect .

  injuries, compensation for

  Isaac sacrifice of

  Isaiah, Book of Commentaries on

  Israel

  blessing of

  ‘company of Israel’

  in days of Moses

  desert and town brethren and

  judges from tribe of

  rank of the Israelites

  Scrolls and New Testament and

  slander against

  Israel Anquities Authority (IAA)

  Israel Department of Antiquities

  Jacob

  Blessings of

  Testament of

  James (brother of Jesus)

  Jannaeus, Alexander

  Jason, High Priest

  Jeremiah

  Apocryphon of

  Letter of

  Jerusalem

  Community living in

  Essene library inand

  hidden treasure

  history

  Hellenization of

  Antiochus and

  Wicked Priest and

  ‘last priests of’

  Romans and

  destruction of

  New Jerusalem texts

  Poetic Fragments on

  prophecies regarding

  Jesus ben Sira

  Jesus of Nazareth

  birth

  Scrolls and study of

  as Teacher of Righteousness or Wicked Priest

  Jewish history

  Apocalyptic Chronology or Apocryphal Weeks

  contribution of Scrolls

  Historical Texts

  history of the Essenes

  inter-testamental

  recording of

  Job

  Targum of

  John the Baptist

  John the Essene

  John Hyrcanus I

  John Hyrcanus II

  Jonathan, King/High Priest

  identity ofand

  see also Jannaeus, Alexander; Maccabaeus, John

  Jonathan, son of Absalom

  Jongeling, B..

  Joseph

  Apocryphon now Narrative and Poetic Composition

  Testament of

 

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