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| Abbreviations, Definitions, and Key Words | |
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| Ancient Groups and Figures | |
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| Introduction: The Greatest Find of Our Times | |
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| The Discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert | |
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| The First Cave at Qumran and Its Seven Scrolls | |
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| The Other Ten Qumran Caves and Their Scrolls | |
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| Dead Sea Scrolls from Other Sites in the Judean Desert | |
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| The Quest for Further Caves and Scrolls | |
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| Archaeology of the Qumran Site: The Caves, Buildings, and Cemeteries | |
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| Archaeology and the Qumran Caves | |
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| Archaeology of the Qumran Buildings | |
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| The Qumran Cemeteries | |
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| Dating the Scrolls Found at Qumran | |
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| Dating the Scrolls and the Qumran Site by Archaeology | |
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| Internal Datings in the Scrolls | |
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| Daring Dead Sea Scrolls Using Paleography | |
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| Radiocarbon Methods of Dating | |
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| The Bible Before the Scrolls | |
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| The Masoretic Text | |
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| The Samaritan Pentateuch | |
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| The Septuagint or Greek Bible | |
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| Other Versions (Translations) of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
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| The Biblical Scrolls | |
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| The Pentateuch (or Torah) | |
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| The Historical Books | |
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| The Poetical Books | |
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| The Prophets | |
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| The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical Text | |
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| Observations on the Biblical Scrolls | |
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| The Scrolls and the Text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
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| The Scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha | |
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| The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha | |
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| Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
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| The Shape and Contents of the Scriptures Used at Qumran | |
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| Hebrew Bible or Old Testament? | |
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| Ancient Evidence Outside the Scrolls Found at Qumran | |
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| Evidence from the Scrolls Found at Qumran | |
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| The Nonbiblical Scrolls | |
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| Rules | |
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| Legal Texts | |
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| Commentaries on Authoritative Texts | |
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| Poetic Texts, Calendars, Prayers, and Liturgies | |
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| Wisdom (Sapiential) Texts | |
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| Eschatological Texts | |
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| The Copper Scroll, Other Documentary Texts, and Nonsectarian Texts | |
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| The Movement Associated with Qumran: Not Pharisees or Sadducees, but Essenes | |
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| Were the Scrolls Found at Qumran Associated with the Pharisees? | |
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| Were the Scrolls Found at Qumran Associated with the Sadducees? | |
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| The Scrolls Found Near Qumran Were Associated with a Group of Essenes | |
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| Concluding Statement on the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes | |
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| History of the Essene Movement | |
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| Religious Thought and Practice Reflected in the Qumran Scrolls | |
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| Concept of God | |
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| Predeterminism (or Fate), the Two Ways, and the Supernatural Origins of Evil | |
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| One Overall Principle (Law) | |
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| Interpretation of Scripture | |
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| Experiencing God and the Divine | |
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| The End of Days and the Messiahs | |
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| The New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
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| The Scrolls and Early Christian Writings: New Testament Writings at Qumran? | |
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| Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (the Gospels and the Scrolls) | |
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| The Scrolls and the Early Church: Acts, Paul, and the Other Letters | |
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| The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Revelation | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Editions, English Translations, and Computer Software | |
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| Books and Articles Mentioned in this Volume | |
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| Index of Modern Authors | |
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| Comment on the Website and Online Material | |
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| Online Supplement | |
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| www.abingdonacademic.com/dsscrolls | |
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| In Depth and Further Study: | |
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| Detailed Outline of Contents | |
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| Discussion Questions for Each Chapter | |
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| Images, Study Tools, Online Links: | |
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| Photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
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| Study Tools and Electronic Resources | |
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| Links and Websites | |
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| Complete Indexes: | |
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| Index of Biblical Passages | |
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| Index of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha | |
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| Index of Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts | |
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| Index of Other Ancient Writings | |
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| Index of Modern Authors (as in Printed Book) | |
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| Subject Index | |