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The Spiritual History of the Dead Sea Sect David Flusser Retail Price: $14.95 CenturyOne Price: $14.95 You Save: $0.00 (0%) Availability: Out-of-Print Format: Paperback, 98pp. ISBN: 965050480X Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub Pub. Date: December 1989 Book Information: Description Reader's Index About the Author Table of Contents Customer Reviews Find Similar Books Average Customer Review: Out-Of-Print A new copy is not available from CenturyOne at this time. A used copy may be available from our network of book dealers. Search Out-of-Print   Item No: 1435-6 Description From The Publisher: The Essene sect was one of the most remarkable in both general and Jewish history. The Essenes sought a better world with a superior societal order, and attempted to realize these in their way of life. This was a unique Jewish sect, some of whose writings were found in the Qumran caves and verified what had been known about the sect from other sources. Prof. Flusser invites the reader to take a thrilling tour of the spiritual realms of the Essenes, and at the end of this tour he believes that the reader will ask himself whether he too, as the Essenes, longs for a better world, in which one "moves away from evil and clings to the good, and acts with truth, charity and justice in the world."   Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book.   About the Author David Flusser was the professor of Early Christianity and Judaism of the Second Temple Period at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Flusser is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He is a recipient of the Israel Prize (1980), awarded by the State of Israel. In 1989 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology by the Catholic Faculty of Theology of Lucerne, Switzerland. His books include Jesus and Judaism and the Origins of Christianity. He has published over 1000 articles in Hebrew, German, English, and other languages. He died on his 83rd birthday on September 15 2000. Table of Contents Preface 7 I. The Essenes and their Origins 9 II. Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes 15 III. The Date of the Sect of the Scrolls 22 IV. The Daily Life of the Sect and its Organization 28 V. The Sect and the Rest of Israel 34 VI. The House of Israel and the Sect 40 VII. The Doctrine of Predestination 46 VIII. The Conflict between Spirit and Flesh 52 IX. The Concept of Man and Human History 57 X. The Phenomenon of the Apocalypts 63 XI. Apocalyptic Literature 69 XII. The Hatred Through the Love 76 XIII. Belief in Messiahs 83 Notes 90 Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject Dead Sea Scrolls The Teachings of the Essenes

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