Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and indexes.
Summary
This book will enable the scholarly public to have a better comprehension of the ideology of the Dead Sea Scrolls Community and how these two metaphors shaped the role of the community. It will help it readers to know how important it was for the DSS community to see itself as the 'True Israel' and as the 'Kingdom of priests and a holy nation'.
Contents
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; Chapter 2 PLANT IMAGERY IN THE HODAYOT; Chapter 3 PLANT IMAGERY IN THE RULE OF THE COMMUNITY (1QS/4QS); Chapter 4 PLANT IMAGERY IN THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT; Chapter 5 PLANT IMAGERY IN 4Q/1 (^INSTRUCTION; PART TWO; Chapter 6 TEMPLE IMAGERY IN 4QFLORILEGIUM (4Q174); Chapter 7 TEMPLE IMAGERY IN THE SONGS OF THE SABBATH SACRIFICE -- SHIROT ''OLAT HA-SHABBAT; Chapter 8 TEMPLE IMAGERY IN THE TEMPLE SCROLL 11QTa-b (11Q19-20).
Chapter 9 TEMPLE IMAGERY IN THE RULE OF THE COMMUNITYChapter 10 TEMPLE IMAGERY IN THE PESHARIM; Chapter 11 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index.
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