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.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in London (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