The Dead Sea Scriptures (with notes and introduction)
By
Theodor H. Gaster

Third Edition Revised And Enlarged

Contents:

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Author Information
Preface
Note To The Third Edition
Introduction

1 - The Service Of God (Rules and Admonitions for the Elect)
Introduction
The Manual of Discipline
The 'Zadokite' Document
The Letter of the Law: Ordinances
A Formulary of Blessings
Notes

2 - The Praise Of God (Hymns and Psalms)
Introduction
The Hymn of the Initiants
The Book of Hymns
Poems from a Qumran Hymnal
1 - David (Psalm 151)
2 - Invitation to Grace After Meals
3 - Plea for Grace
4 - Supplication
5 - The City of God
6 - Morning Hymn
Lament for Zion
Hymns of Triumph
Notes

3 - The Mercy Of God (A Prayer for Intercession)
Introduction
Prayer for Intercession
Notes

4 - Glory To God In The Highest (The Litany of the Angels)
Introduction
The Litany of the Angels
Notes

5 - The Word Of God (The Study of Scripture)

1 - Expositions of Scripture
Introduction
Isaiah
Hosea
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Psalm 37
Psalm 45
Notes

2 - Everyman's Bible
Introduction
Memoirs of the Patriarchs
The Oration of Moses
Notes

6 - The Triumph Of God (Descriptions of the Final Age)
Introduction
The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness
The Rout of Belial: Scriptural Predictions
The Coming Doom
Weal and Woe: An Exhortation
The Last Jubilee: A Sermon ('Melchizedek Texts')
The New Covenant
Manual of Discipline for the Future Congregation of Israel
'Thy Kingdom Come':
1 - The Messianic King
2 - Testimonia: Proof-texts of the Messianic Era
3 - A 'Messianic' Florilegium
4 - The Wondrous Child
Notes

7 - Virtue (The Wooing of Wisdom)
Introduction
The Wooing of Wisdom (Sirach 51.13ff.)
Notes

8 - Vice (The Wiles Of The Harlot)
Introduction
The Wiles of the Harlot
Notes

9 - Visions And Testaments (The Last Words of Amram)
Introduction
The Last Words of Amram
Notes

10 - Destiny (The Epochs of Time)
Introduction
The Epochs of Time
Notes

11 - Appendix
The Copper Scroll
The 'Prayer of Nabonidus'
12 - Sources
13 - Analytical Index
14 - Biblical Quotations And Parallels