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Behind the Essenes : history and ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Philip R. (Author)
Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Satlow, Michael L. (editorial director.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, [2020]
Edition:Open access edition.
Series:Brown Judaic studies ; no. 94.
Subjects:
Dead Sea scrolls.
Essenes.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Qumran beginnings
  • CD and the history of the Essenes: a reconsideration in light of criticism
  • Sons of Zadok
  • Marriage and the Essenes
  • History and hagiography: the life of the "teacher" in hymn and Pesher
  • A comparison of three Essene texts.