Repentance at Qumran: The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls

302 Pages·2015·0.97 MB·English

by  Mark A. Jason

Repentance at Qumran

Repentance at
Qumran
The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead
Sea Scrolls
Mark A. Jason
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
REPENTANCE AT QUMRAN
The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Contents
Abbreviations vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Religious Experience and Repentance 29
2. Motivations for Repentance 47
3. Repentance, Separation, and the Covenant 65
4. Predestined Repentance 105
5. The Extent of Repentance 145
6. Repentance in Daily Life: Cult and Rituals 157
7. Repentance and Eschatology 201
Conclusion 233
Bibliography 253
Index of Authors 281
Index of Scriptures and Ancient Literature 285

Abbreviations
AB Anchor Bible
ACNT Augsburg Commentaries on the New Testament
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. Edited by R.
APOT
H. Charles. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1913.
BBR Bulletin of Biblical Research
Bib Biblica
BI Biblical Interpretation
BN Biblischer Notizen. Beiträge zur Exegetischen Diskussion
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian
CCWJCW
World 200bctoad200
DBI Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
García Martínez and E. Tigchelaar, eds.The Dead Sea Scrolls: Study
DSSSE
Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997–1998.
Wise, M. Abegg, and E. Cook, eds.The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New
DSSNT
Translation. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999.
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
ExpT Expository Times
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EBC Expositor’s Bible Commentary
EI Eretz Israel
EJ Encyclopaedia Judaica
GAP Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
HB Hebrew Bible
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HTR Harvard Theological Review
IBC Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
ICC International Critical Commentary
IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series
JSPSup Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha: Supplement Series
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series
JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
JSSSup Journal of Semitic Studies: Supplement Series
JSHRZ Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
KAT Kommentar zum Alten Testament
LAB Pseudo-Philo,Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
LNTS Library of New Testament Studies
LXX The Septuagint
MS Manuscript
MT Masoretic Text
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ABBREVIATIONS
NBD The New Bible Dictionary
NIB The New Interpreter’s Bible
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament
NovT Novum Testamentum
NTS New Testament Studies
OTL Old Testament Library
H. Charlesworth, ed.The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. London:
OTP
Darton, Longman & Todd, 1983–1985.
PTSDSSP Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project
RB Revue biblique
RevQ Revue de Qumrân
SBL Society of Biblical Literature
SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
SBLMS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series
SCSS Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series
SNTMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
STDJ Studies on the Text of the Desert of Judah
TB Tyndale Bulletin
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament.15 vols. Edited by G.
Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, and Heinz-Josef Fabry.
TDOT
Translated by David E. Green and Douglas W. Stott. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1974–1995.
ThZ Theologische Zeitschrift
TWAT Theologische Wörterbuch Altes Testaments
Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke, eds.Theological
TWOT
Wordbook of the Old Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980.
VT Vetus Testamentum
VTSup Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
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WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
Apoc.
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
Zeph.
Jos. Asen. Joseph and Aseneth
J.W. Josephus,Jewish War
Let. Aris. Letter of Aristeas
T. Ab. Testament of Abraham
T. Gad Testament of Gad
T. Jud. Testament of Judah
T. Naph. Testament of Naphtali
T. Lev. Testament of Levi
T. Jos. Testament of Joseph
T. Zeb. Testament of Zebulun
T. Dan Testament of Dan
T. Reu. Testament of Reuben
T. Sim. Testament of Simeon
T. Zeb. Testament of Zebulun
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