I'm going to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the ROM in Aug., any suggested titles on the subject?
I'm going to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the ROM in Aug., any suggested titles on the subject?
I like Vermes' translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
For whatever strength of arm he may have who swims in the open sea, yet in time he is carried away and sunk, mastered by the greatness of its waves. Need then there is that we be in the ship, that is, that we be carried in the wood, that we may be able to cross this sea. Now this Wood in which our weakness is carried is the Cross of the Lord, by which we are signed, and delivered from the dangerous tempests of this world.--St. Augustine
I'll check it out, but I'm looking more for the background, history, etc.
Beyond the Essene Hypothesis: The Parting of the Ways between Qumran and Enochic Judaism
By Gabriel Boccaccini
I've only read 80 pages, I'm on Chapter 4 right now. I started it a couple years ago and put it down. I'm going to have to start this over.
When I attended the exhibit in San Diego, the Essene hypothesis was promoted heavily in a theater presentation attempting to simulate the Qumran dwelling and life. However, this assumption sharply contradicted some of the audio presentations in connection with viewing the scroll artifacts.
Now some scholars are doubting the very existence of the Essene. The accounts of who they were are definitely contradictory (i.e., Josephus stating they were spread far and wide vs. Pliny the Elder stating that they lived in a single remote location near the Dead Sea). I believe this is explained by understanding the actual name Essaios or Essaioi was used by Josephus and Philo to refer to a philosophical school within Judaism; they were not using a name that adherents to predestinarian philosophy used generally for themselves. In other words, all predestinarians were wrongly lumped into a single school of thought and called Essaioi--even though there were scores of differing sects and beliefs comprising Jewish nonconformity. The generalizations about communal living and celibacy are obviously wrong and can only refer to certain radical sects of nonconformity. There were many competing yahad sects all claiming to be the true practitioners of Judaism.
Last edited by Robert R. Higby; 05-08-2009 at 09:22 PM.
Now see here how sleepy-headed all our opponents are, and how little it helps a man to rely on the ancient fathers, for all their repute down the course of the ages! Were they not all equally blind to, yes, and heeldess of, Paul's clearest and and plainest words?
--Martin Luther
Thank you Mr. Higby.
I hope the exhibit you are attending is better than the one we had in Raleigh, NC last fall.Originally Posted by ~JM~
Only 3 fragments. The other displays were just background.
Chris
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