The Scepter and the Star: The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature (1995 Collins), book

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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

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.