xxix, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Part I: 1. Maccabees, Zadokites, Christians and Qumran: a new hypothesis of Qumran origins 2. James the Just in the Habakkuk Pesher with appendix on: The "three nets of Belial" in the Damascus document, and "Balla"/"Bela" in the temple scroll Part II: The Jerusalem community of James the Just and the community at Qumran 4. Paul as herodian 5. Interpreting Abeit-Galuto in the Habakkuk Pesher: playing on the transmuting terms 6. Eschotological "rain" imagery in the war scroll and the letter of James 7. Interpreting some Esotericisms: the kinds of the peoples, the Princes of Judah and Gehazi in the Damascus document 8. Joining/joiners, 'Arizei-Goim, and the simple of Ephraim relating to a Cadre of gentile God-fearers at Qumran 9. The final proof that James and the righteous teacher are the same Part III: 10. The Damascus document (CD: columns I-VIII of the Cairo Genizah version, including both manuscript A and columns XIX-XX of manuscript B) 11. The community rule (1QS: columns I-IX) 12. The Habakkuk Pesher (1QpHab)
