A Gate to Heaven
Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs
1st Edition
Published on 4. May 2023
252 pages
978-0-567-70972-1 (ISBN)
Description
Etienne Nodet proposes that Qumran functioned as a pilgrimage site for the Essenes from the 1st century BC onwards. Nodet suggests that the Essenes were scattered everywhere within Palestine in rural communities and that they used to commemorate a renewal of the early Israelites' entrance into the Promised Land, after crossing the Jordan river and celebrating Passover at Gilgal with Joshua, Moses' heir. The Essene dead were moved to be buried at Qumran in a well-organized graveyard, as the place was deemed to be a kind of gate to heaven.
Nodet shows how the Jewish movement of the Essenes did not did not disappear after the war in 70 CE, rather its customs had a strong influence upon early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The chapters of this book examine the Essenes in the period after the war in Jerusalem, showing how this community developed and its longer term significance. This is linked to the texts of the New Testament, to the writings of Josephus and to the Qumran community's own documents, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Nodet shows how the Jewish movement of the Essenes did not did not disappear after the war in 70 CE, rather its customs had a strong influence upon early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The chapters of this book examine the Essenes in the period after the war in Jerusalem, showing how this community developed and its longer term significance. This is linked to the texts of the New Testament, to the writings of Josephus and to the Qumran community's own documents, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-70972-1 (9780567709721)
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Person
Etienne Nodet O.P. is Professor Emeritus of Ancient Jewish Literature at the École Biblique, Israel.
Content
Preface
Introduction
1. Discoveries and Discussions
2. Judea and Judaism from the 5th Century to the End of the 2nd Century
3. Jewish Parties
4. Essenes and Christianity
5. Essenes and Rabbinic Judaism
6. Final Remarks
Appendix I: Notice on the Schools: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes
Appendix II: The Herodians
APPENDIX III: Maps
Index
Introduction
1. Discoveries and Discussions
2. Judea and Judaism from the 5th Century to the End of the 2nd Century
3. Jewish Parties
4. Essenes and Christianity
5. Essenes and Rabbinic Judaism
6. Final Remarks
Appendix I: Notice on the Schools: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes
Appendix II: The Herodians
APPENDIX III: Maps
Index
