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Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs
A Gate to Heaven
Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs
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Etienne Nodet proposes that Qumran functioned as a pilgrimage site for the Essenes from the 1st century BC onwards. Nodet suggests that the Essenes were scattered everywhere within Palestine in rural communities and that they used to commemorate a renewal of the early Israelites' entrance into the Promised Land, after crossing the Jordan river and celebrating Passover at Gilgal with Joshua, Moses' heir. The Essene dead were moved to be buried at Qumran in a well-organized graveyard, as the place was deemed to be a kind of gate to heaven.
Nodet shows how the Jewish movement of the Essenes did not did not disappear after the war in 70 CE, rather its customs had a strong influence upon early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The chapters of this book examine the Essenes in the period after the war in Jerusalem, showing how this community developed and its longer term significance. This is linked to the texts of the New Testament, to the writings of Josephus and to the Qumran community's own documents, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Discoveries and Discussions
2. Judea and Judaism from the 5th Century to the End of the 2nd Century
3. Jewish Parties
4. Essenes and Christianity
5. Essenes and Rabbinic Judaism
6. Final Remarks
Appendix I: Notice on the Schools: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes
Appendix II: The Herodians
APPENDIX III: Maps
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 28 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 252 |
| ISBN | 9780567709752 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Jewish and Christian Texts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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