Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998 Falk), book

Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998) is a book by Daniel Falk.

Editions and translations

Published in Kinderhook, NY: Brill, 1997. First European edition published in Leiden: Brill, 1998. Reprinted in Boston: Brill, 1998.

Table of contents

• Introduction
  • 1. Method
• 1. Daily Prayers
  • 1. Dating and Provenance
  • 2. Reconstruction
  • 3. Prayer Formulas
  • 4. Structure and Content
  • 5. Liturgical Use
  • 6. Summary
• 2. Words of the Luminaries
  • 1. Dating and Provenance
  • 2. Reconstruction
  • 3. Form and Content
  • 4. Liturgical Use
  • 5. Summary
• 3. Other Evidence for Daily Prayer
  • 1. 11QPs² David's Compositions
  • 2. 4Q408
  • 3. 4Q334
  • 4. War Scroll
  • 5. Hodayot
  • 6. Community Rule
  • 7. SUmmary
• 4. Sabbath Prayer
  • 1. 11QPs² David's Compositions
  • 2. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
  • 3. Daily Prayers
  • 4. Words of the Luminaries
  • 5. Summary
• 5. Prayer at Festivals
  • 1. Festival Prayers
  • 2. Other Evidence for Festival Prayer
  • 3. Festival Prayers in Context
  • 4. Summary
• 6. Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayer in Context
  • 1. Annual Covenant Ceremony
  • 2. Continuity and Modification
  • 3. Motivation for Liturgical Prayer
  • 4. Obligation in Prayer
• Conclusion
• Appendix