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The "mysteries" of Qumran : [manuscript] : mystery, secrecy, and esotericism in the Dead Sea scrolls / Samuel I. Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25 | Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 25.Publication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2009.Description: xvii, 311 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781589834132 (paper binding : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.1/55 22
LOC classification:
  • BM487 .T47 2009b
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 296.155 Tho 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 8164

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.

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