and
QUMRAN HISTORY
Chaos or Consensus?
JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH
with appendixes by
Lidija Novakovic
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The pesharim and Qumran history: chaos or consensus? / James H. Charlesworth; with appendixes by Lidija Novakovic.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8028-3988-6 (pbk.)
1. Dead Sea scrolls. 2. Bible. O.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. 3. Qumran community. 4. Qumran community—Historiography.
I. Novakovic, Lidija. II. Title.
BM487.C43 2002
296.1′55—dc21
2002069679
THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE PESHARIM
Chaos Regarding History Camouflaged as Hermeneutics?
The Sociology of Qumran Hermeneutics
The Pesharim as Fulfillment Hermeneutics
THE PESHARIM AND QUMRAN HISTORY: CHAOS OR CONSENSUS?
Phase I (Archaeological Period Ia)
Who Was the Righteous Teacher?
The Exodus of the Righteous Teacher
Reactions to Archaeological Period Ia
Phase II (Archaeological Period Ib)
Phase III (Archaeological Period of Abandonment)
Phase IV (Archaeological Period II)
Were Qumranites Conservative Essenes?
Phase V (Archaeological Period III)
Was Qumran a Celibate Monastery?
The Pesharim and Qumran History
Historical Allusions in the Pesharim
Historical Allusions within Palestinian Judaism
The Unparalleled Authority of the Righteous Teacher
The Righteous Teacher Was a Priest
Faith in the Righteous Teacher
The Persecution of the Righteous Teacher and the Calendar of His Group
The Rise and Fall of the Wicked Priest
The Man of the Lie (= Scoffer, the Spouter of the Lie)
The Crucifixion of Some Seekers-After-Smooth-Things
Historical Allusions Outside Palestinian Judaism: The Greeks and Romans
APPENDIXES BY PROFESSOR LIDIJA NOVAKOVIC
Index of Biblical Quotations in the Pesharim, Other Commentaries, and Related Documents
Text-critical Variants in the Pesharim, Other Commentaries, and Related Documents
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About The Pesharim and Qumran History: Chaos or Consensus?Since their discovery among the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Pesharim have sparked intense debate. Are these ancient documents biblical commentary, or are they historiographies alluding to figures and events of the time? James H. Charlesworth demonstrates that these 16 books do indeed contain historical allusions and relates these references to a synopsis of Qumran history. This book also includes appendixes by Lidija Novakovic giving an index of biblical quotations as well text-critical variants in the Pesharim, other commentaries, and related documents. |
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