The "mysteries" of Qumran : [manuscript] : mystery, secrecy, and esotericism in the Dead Sea scrolls /
Thomas, Samuel I.
The "mysteries" of Qumran : mystery, secrecy, and esotericism in the Dead Sea scrolls / [manuscript] : Samuel I. Thomas. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2009. - xvii, 311 p. ; 23 cm. - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25 . - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25. .
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univeristy of Notre Dame, 2007 under title: The "mysteries" of the Qumran community : the Raz-concept in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea scrolls.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and indexes.
Introduction -- Esotericism, sectarianism, & religious discourses -- Secrets, mysteries, and the development of apocalyptic thought -- A lexicology of mystery in the Qumran scrolls -- Prophetic, sapiential, and priestly "mysteries" -- Conclusion: vision, knowledge, and worship -- Appendix: On the Persian etymology of Raz.
9781589834132 (paper binding : alk. paper)
2009043890
Dead Sea scrolls.
Qumran community.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
BM487 / .T47 2009b
296.1/55
The "mysteries" of Qumran : mystery, secrecy, and esotericism in the Dead Sea scrolls / [manuscript] : Samuel I. Thomas. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2009. - xvii, 311 p. ; 23 cm. - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25 . - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25. .
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univeristy of Notre Dame, 2007 under title: The "mysteries" of the Qumran community : the Raz-concept in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea scrolls.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and indexes.
Introduction -- Esotericism, sectarianism, & religious discourses -- Secrets, mysteries, and the development of apocalyptic thought -- A lexicology of mystery in the Qumran scrolls -- Prophetic, sapiential, and priestly "mysteries" -- Conclusion: vision, knowledge, and worship -- Appendix: On the Persian etymology of Raz.
9781589834132 (paper binding : alk. paper)
2009043890
Dead Sea scrolls.
Qumran community.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
BM487 / .T47 2009b
296.1/55