04756nam a2200193Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050002500078100001900103245009700122260004800219300002900267505405100296650004004347700002404387700001804411952011604429999001704545231116s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97800606920010060692006   aeng  aBM487.A3 b.W57 1996  aWise, Michael  4aThe Dead Sea Scrolls : bA New Translation /cMichael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr., & Edward Cook  aSan Francisco : bHarperSanFrancisco,c1996  axiv, 513 p. b; c25 cm.  aIntroduction -- A Dead Sea Scrolls time line -- Reading a Dead Sea Scroll -- How to read this book -- The Damascus document -- Tales of the Patriarchs -- Thanksgiving psalms -- A commentary on Habakkuk -- Charter of a Jewish sectarian association -- Charter for Israel in the last days -- Priestly blessings for the last days -- The war scroll -- The words of Moses -- The book of secrets -- Tongues of fire -- A vision of the new Jerusalem -- Festival prayers -- A list of buried treasure -- The copper scroll -- Apocryphal psalms -- A reworking of Genesis and Exodus -- Ordinances -- An account of the story of Samuel -- Commentaries on Isaiah -- A commentary on Hosea -- A commentary on Nahum -- Commentaries on psalms -- The last days : a commentary on selected verses -- A collection of Messianic proof texts -- A commentary on consoling passages in Scripture -- The last days : an interpretation of selected verses -- A lament for Zion -- The ages of the world -- A sectarian history -- Wiles of the wicked woman -- In praise of wisdom -- A horoscope written in code -- The book of giants -- The words of Levi -- The last words of Nahptali -- A parapharse of Genesis and Exodus -- Israel and the holy land -- Enoch and the watchers -- The healing of King Nabonidus -- The vision of Daniel -- A vision of the son of God -- The acts of a king -- A commentary on the law of Moses -- A commentary on Genesis -- Portions of sectarian law -- Ritual purity laws concerning liquidds -- Rule of initiation -- The ashes of the red heifer -- Ritual purity laws concerning menstration -- Laws concerning lots -- A liturgy of blessing and cursing -- Laws for purification -- Laws about gleaning -- The war of the Messiah -- The sage to the "children of dawn" -- The parable of the bountiful tree -- The phases of the moon -- A divination text (Brontologion) -- Calendar of the heavenly signs -- Synchronistic calendars -- An annalistic calendar -- Priestly service : Sabbath, month, and festival (year one) -- Priestly service : Sabbath, month, and festival (year four) -- Sabbaths and festivals of the year -- Priestly service as the seasons change -- Priestly rotation on the Sabbath -- Priestly service on the Passover -- Priestly service on new year's day -- A liturgical calendar -- False propehts in Israel -- An annotated law of Moses -- The inheritance of the firstborn, the Mesiah of David -- A sermon on the flood -- Stories about the tribes of Israel -- A discourse on the Exodus and conquest -- The test of a true prophet -- A Moses apocryphon -- Psalms of Joshua -- A collection of royal psalms -- An apocryphon of Elijah -- Prophetic Apocryphon -- God the creator -- Prayers for forgiveness -- A sectarian manifesto -- The songs of the Sabbath sacrafice -- Prayer of praise -- A liturgy -- The secret of the way things are -- A baptismal liturgy -- A commentary on Genesis and Exodus -- A collection of proverbs -- In praise of God's grace -- Hymns of thanksgiving -- Meditation of the sage -- In priase of king Jonathan -- Meditation on Israel's history -- Lives of the patriarchs -- The archangel Michael and King Zedekiah -- Assorted manuscripts -- The two ways -- A record of disciplinary action -- A prayer for deliverance -- A liturgy of thanksgiving -- Daily prayers -- The words of heavenly lights -- The songs of the sage for protection against evil spirits -- a purification ritual -- Redemption and resurrection -- A tale of Joshua -- The blessings of the wise -- The words of the archangel Michael -- The birth of the Chosen One -- The vision of Jacob -- An Apocryphon of Judah -- The last words of Joseph -- The last words of Kohath -- The vision of Amram -- Hur and Miriam -- The tale of Bagasraw -- The vision of the four trees -- A biblical chronology -- An exorcism -- An Aramaic horoscope -- An Aramaic text on the Persian Period -- A priestly vision -- Thanksgivings -- Apocryphal psalms of David -- An Aramaic translation of the book of Job -- Songs to disperse demons -- The coming of Melchizadek -- The temple scroll.  aDead Sea scrolls.Judaism Doctrines.  aAbegg, Martin, Jr.   aCook, Edward   00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2023-11-21l0oBM487.A3 .W57 1996p00032011r2023-11-21 14:47:37w2023-11-21yBK   c50488d50488