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A Gate to Heaven: Essenes, Qumran

Publisher:
, 2023
ISBN: 9780567709745

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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.

Examines how Qumran functioned as a major pilgrimage site for the Essenes.

Develops understanding of the Essenes and their significant site at Qumran
Sheds light on the development of early Christianity and rabbinic Judaism
Helps readers to understand the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as the texts it produced

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

  • Title: A Gate to Heaven: Essenes, Qumran
  • Author: Etienne Nodet
  • Publisher: T&T Clark
  • Print Publication Date: 2023
  • Logos Release Date: 2024
  • Language: English
  • Resources: 1
  • Format: Digital › Ebook
  • ISBNs: 9780567709745, 9780567709714, 056770971X, 0567709744
  • Resource ID: LLS:9780567709745
  • Resource Type: Monograph
  • Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T04:33:10Z

Etienne Nodet is Professor of Ancient Jewish Literature at the Ecole Biblique et Archéologique in Jerusalem.

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