Foreword / Chaim Potok -- Pt. I. Discovery and Disclosure: Liberating the Scrolls. 1. Shepherds and Scholars: Secrets of the Caves. 2. Scholars, Scrolls, and Scandals. 3. The Archaeology of Qumran -- Pt. II. The Community at Qumran. 4. Judaism, Hellenism, and Sectarianism. 5. Origins and Early History. 6. The Character of the Community. 7. Leadership. 8. Women in the Scrolls. 9. Faith and Belief -- Pt. III. Closing the Canon: Biblical Texts and Interpretation. 10. Bible, Canon, and Text. 11. Apocryphal Literature. 12. Wisdom and the Mysteries of Creation. 13. Biblical Interpretation. 14. The Prophets in the Hands of Men -- Pt. IV. To Live as a Jew. 15. The Theology of Jewish Law. 16. The Enigma of the Temple Scroll. 17. The Law of the Sect. 18. Prayer and Ritual -- Pt. V. Mysticism, Messianism, and the End of Days. 19. The Messianic Idea. 20. The Community at the End of Days.
21. The "Pierced Messiah" and Other Controversial Texts. 22. Mysticism and Magic -- Pt. VI. Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Consensus. 23. Israel and the Nations. 24. Jerusalem, the Holy City. 25. The Decline of Sectarianism and the Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.
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