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'''The Scepter and the Star: The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature''' (1995) is a book by [[John J. Collins]].

==Abstract==
An analysis of the messiah figure in ancient literary works, including the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, examines the significance of messianic thought, provides insight into Jewish apocalypticism, and identifies messianic similarities in multiple religions.--Publisher description.

==Editions and translations==
Published in New York, NY: Doubleday, 1995. Reissued in New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2007. 

==Table of contents==
Messianism and the scrolls -- The fallen booth of David: Messianism and the Hebrew Bible -- A shoot from the stump of Jesse -- The Messiahs of Aaron and Israel -- Teacher, priest and prophet -- A throne in the heavens -- The Messiah as the Son of God -- The Danielic Son of Man -- Messianic dreams in action.

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