The Jewish Sect of Qumran and the Essenes = Nouveau aperçus sur les manuscrits de la mer Morte (1954 Dupont-Sommer / Barnett), book (English ed.)

Jewish sect of Qumran and the Essenes (1954) is the English edition of Nouveau aperçus sur les manuscrits de la mer Morte (1953 Dupont-Sommer), book. Translated from the French by Richard David Barnett.

Editions and translations

Published in London, England: Vallentine, Mitchell & Co., 1954.

Table of contents

• Translator's Note
• Preface
• I. The Ruins of the Essene Monastery
• II. The Kittim of the Habakkuk Commentary
• III. The Testament of Levi and the Teacher of Righteousness
• IV. The Manual of Discipline and the Community of the Covenant
• V. Rules and Rites of the Community of the Covenant
• VI. The Holy Seasons
• VII. The Doctrine of the Two Spirits
• VIII. Mystical and Moral Ideals
• IX. The Community of the Covenant and the Origins of Christianity
• Postscript dated February 10th, 1954
• Index of Passages Translated from the Manual of Discipline
• Index of Latin Words
• Index of Greek Words
• Index of Hebrew Words
• General Index