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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the Revised Edition | |
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| Prolegomena | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Dead Sea Scrolls Timeline | |
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| Reading a Dead Sea Scroll | |
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| How to Read This Book | |
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| Texts | |
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| The Damascus Document (CD) (Geniza A+B, 4Q266-272) | |
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| A Commentary on Habakkuk (1 QpHab) | |
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| A Commentary on Micah (1Q14) | |
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| Tales of the Patriarchs (1QapGen) | |
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| The Words of Moses (1Q22) | |
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| The Book of Secrets (1Q27, 4Q299-301) | |
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| Charter of a Jewish Sectarian Association (1QS, 4Q255-264a, 5Q11) | |
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| Charter of Israel in the Last Days (1QSa [1Q28a], 4Q249a-i) | |
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| Priestly Blessings for the Last Days ([1QSb], 1Q28b) | |
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| Tongues of Fire and Prayer of Praise (1Q29, 4Q376, 4Q408) | |
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| The War Scroll (1QM, 4Q491-496) | |
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| Thanksgiving Hymns (The Thanksgiving Scroll) (1QH[superscript a], 1Q35, 4Q427-432) | |
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| Festival Prayers (1Q34, 1Q34bis, 4Q507-509) | |
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| A Story About the Exodus (2Q21) | |
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| The Last Words of Judah (3Q7) | |
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| A List of Buried Treasure (The Copper Scroll) (3Q15) | |
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| Apocryphal Psalms (4Q88) | |
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| A Reworking of Genesis and Exodus (4Q158) | |
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| Ordinances (4Q159, 4Q513-514) | |
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| An Account of the Story of Samuel (4Q160) | |
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| Commentaries on Isaiah (4Q161-165) | |
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| A Commentary on Hosea (4Q166-167) | |
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| A Commentary on Nahum (4Q169) | |
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| Commentaries on Psalms (4Q171, 4Q173, 1Q16) | |
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| The Last Days: A Commentary on Selected Verses (4Q174) | |
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| A Collection of Messianic Proof Texts (4Q175) | |
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| A Commentary on Consoling Passages in Scripture (4Q176) | |
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| The Last Days: An Interpretation of Selected Verses (4Q177) | |
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| A Lament for Zion (4Q179) | |
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| The Ages of the World (4Q180-181) | |
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| A Commentary on Collected Verses (4Q182) | |
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| A Sectarian History (4Q183) | |
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| Wiles of the Wicked Woman (4Q184) | |
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| In Praise of Wisdom (4Q185) | |
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| A Horoscope Written in Code (4Q186) | |
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| Introduction to the Enoch Literature | |
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| The Book of Enoch (4Q201-202, 4Q204-207, 4Q212, 1Q19) | |
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| The Book of Giants (4Q203, 4Q530-532, 6Q8, 1Q23, 2Q26) | |
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| Astronomical Enoch (4Q208-211) | |
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| The Words of Levi (4Q213, 4Q213a-b, 4Q214, 4Q214a-b, 4Q540-541, 1Q21, Geniza Fragments, Mt. Athos Greek Text) | |
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| The Last Words of Naphtali (4Q215) | |
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| The Time of Righteousness (4Q215a) | |
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| The Book of Jubilees (1Q17-18, 2Q19-20, 3Q5, 4Q176b, 4Q216-224, 11Q12) | |
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| A Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus (4Q225) | |
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| Israel and the Holy Land (4Q226) | |
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| Enoch and the Watchers (4Q227) | |
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| Work with a Citation of Jubilees (4Q228) | |
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| The Healing of King Nabonidus (4Q242) | |
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| The Vision of Daniel (4Q243-244) | |
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| A Second Vision of Daniel (4Q245) | |
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| A Vision of the Son of God (4Q246) | |
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| The Acts of a King (4Q248) | |
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| A Commentary on the Law of Moses (4Q251) | |
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| Commentaries on Genesis (4Q252-254a) | |
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| A Commentary on Malachi (4Q253a) | |
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| Portions of Sectarian Law (4Q265) | |
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| Ritual Purity Laws Concerning Liquids (4Q274) | |
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| Rule of Initiation (4Q275) | |
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| The Ashes of the Red Heifer (4Q276-277) | |
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| Ritual Purity Laws Concerning Menstruation (4Q278) | |
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| Laws Concerning Lots (4Q279) | |
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| Ritual of Purification for Festival Days (4Q284) | |
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| Laws About Liquids and Gleaning (4Q284a) | |
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| The War of the Messiah (4Q285, 11Q14) | |
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| A Liturgy of Blessing and Cursing (4Q280, 4Q286-289) | |
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| The Sage to the "Children of Dawn" (4Q298) | |
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| The Parable of the Bountiful Tree (4Q302) | |
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| A Meditation on Creation (4Q303) | |
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| The People Who Err (4Q306) | |
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| A Reader's Guide to the Qumran Calendar Texts | |
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| The Phases of the Moon (4Q317) | |
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| A Divination Text (Brontologion) (4Q318) | |
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| Calendar of the Heavenly Signs (4Q319) | |
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| Synchronistic Calendars (4Q320-4Q321a) | |
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| Priestly Service: Sabbath Entrance (4Q322-324a) | |
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| Fragmentary Historical Writings (4Q322a, 4Q331-333, 4Q468e, 4Q578) | |
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| Priestly Service: Sabbath, Month, and Festival-Year One (4Q325) | |
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| Priestly Service: Sabbath, Month, and Festival-Year Four (4Q326) | |
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| Priestly Service as the Seasons Change (4Q328) | |
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| Priestly Rotation on the Sabbath (4Q329) | |
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| Priestly Service on the Passover (4Q329a) | |
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| Priestly Service on New Year's Day (4Q330) | |
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| A Liturgical Calendar (4Q334) | |
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| False Prophets in Israel (4Q339) | |
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| A List of Temple Servants (4Q340) | |
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| An Annotated Law of Moses (4Q364-365) | |
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| An Apocryphal Law of Moses (4Q368) | |
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| The Inheritance of the Firstborn, the Messiah of David (4Q369) | |
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| A Sermon on the Flood (4Q370) | |
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| Stories About the Tribes of Israel (2Q22, 4Q371-373) | |
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| A Discourse on the Exodus and Conquest (4Q374) | |
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| The Test of a True Prophet (4Q375) | |
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| A Moses Apocryphon (4Q377) | |
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| Apocryphal Joshua (4Q378-379) | |
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| A Collection of Royal Psalms (4Q380-381) | |
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| An Apocryphon of Elijah (4Q382) | |
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| A Jeremiah Apocryphon (4Q384, 4Q385a, 4Q387, 4Q388a, 4Q389-390) | |
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| An Ezekiel Apocryphon (4Q385, 4Q385b, 4Q386, 4Q388) | |
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| God the Creator (4Q392) | |
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| Prayers for Forgiveness (4Q393) | |
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| The Sabbaths and Festivals of the Year (4Q394 Section A) | |
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| A Sectarian Manifesto (4QMMT: 4Q394-399) | |
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| The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q400-407, 11Q17, Mas1k) | |
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| A Liturgy (4Q409) | |
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| An Unknown Prophecy (4Q410) | |
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| A Liturgy of Ritual Washings (4Q414, 4Q512) | |
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| The Secret of the Way Things Are (4Q415-418, 1Q26, 4Q423) | |
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| An Instruction (4Q419) | |
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| A Commentary on Genesis and Exodus (4Q422) | |
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| A Collection of Proverbs (4Q424) | |
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| Thanksgivings (4Q433a) | |
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| In Praise of God's Grace (Barki Nafshi) (4Q434, 4Q436-437, 4Q439) | |
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| A Meditation on the Fourth Day of Creation (4Q440) | |
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| Hymns of Thanksgiving (4Q443) | |
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| Incantation of the Sage (4Q444) | |
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| In Praise of King Jonathan (4Q448) | |
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| A Fragmentary Narrative (4Q458) | |
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| Fragment of a Lost Apocryphon (4Q460) | |
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| Fragment of a Lost Narrative (4Q461) | |
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| A Meditation on Israel's History (4Q462) | |
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| Lives of the Patriarchs (4Q464) | |
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| The Archangel Michael and King Zedekiah (4Q470) | |
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| Assorted Manuscripts (4Q471-471a, 4Q471c) | |
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| The Two Ways (4Q473) | |
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| A Record of Disciplinary Action (4Q477) | |
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| A Prayer for Deliverance (4Q501) | |
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| A Liturgy of Thanksgiving (4Q502) | |
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| Daily Prayers (4Q503) | |
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| The Words of the Heavenly Lights (4Q504-506) | |
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| The Songs of the Sage for Protection Against Evil Spirits (4Q510-511) | |
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| Redemption and Resurrection (4Q521) | |
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| A Tale of Joshua (4Q522) | |
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| The Blessings of the Wise (4Q525) | |
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| The Words of the Archangel Michael (4Q529) | |
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| The Birth of the Chosen One (4Q534-536) | |
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| The Vision of Jacob (4Q537) | |
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| An Apocryphon of Judah (4Q538) | |
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| The Last Words of Joseph (4Q539) | |
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| The Last Words of Kohath (4Q542) | |
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| The Vision of Amram (4Q543-548) | |
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| Hur and Miriam (4Q549) | |
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| The Tale of Patireza and Bagasraw (4Q550, 4Q550a-d) | |
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| Aramaic Fragments (4Q551, 4Q569) | |
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| The Vision of the Four Trees (4Q552-553) | |
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| A Vision of the New Jerusalem (4Q554-555, 5Q15, 11Q18, 1Q32, 2Q24) | |
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| A Text About the Maccabees? (4Q556) | |
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| A Biblical Chronology (4Q559) | |
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| An Exorcism (4Q560) | |
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| An Aramaic Horoscope (4Q561) | |
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| An Aramaic Text on the Persian Period (4Q562) | |
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| A Priestly Vision (4Q563) | |
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| A Sectarian Rule (5Q13) | |
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| Apocryphal Psalms of David (11Q5-6, 4Q88, 4Q448) | |
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| An Aramaic Translation of the Book of Job (11Q10) | |
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| Songs to Disperse Demons (11Q11) | |
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| The Coming of Melchizedek (11Q13) | |
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| The Temple Scroll (11Q19-21, 4Q524, 4Q365a) | |
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| Indices | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Manuscripts | |
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| Index of References | |