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by: Gabriele Boccaccini See Larger Image List Price: $26.00 Our Price: $25.48 You Save: $0.52 ( 2%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $9.90 Third Party New Price: $18.87 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 296.814 EAN: 9780802843609 ISBN: 0802843603 Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 30, 1998 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Sales Rank: 272281 Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Related Items: Enoch And Qumran Origins: New Light On A Forgotten Connection Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectural History, from Ezekiel to Daniel 1 Enoch: A New Translation; Based on the Hermeneia Commentary Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man: Revisiting the Book of Parables Jewish Literature Between The Bible And The Mishnah, with CD-ROM, Second Edition see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Respected scholar Gabriele Boccaccini here offers readers a new and challenging view of the ideology of the Qumran sect, the community closely related with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Boccaccini moves beyond the Essene hypothesis and posits a unique relationship between what he terms 'Enochic Judaism' and the group traditionally known as the Essenes. Building his case on what the ancient records tell us about the Essenes and on a systematic analysis of the documents found at Qumran, Boccaccini argues that the literature betrays the core of an ancient and distinct variety of Second Temple Judaism. Tracing the development of this tradition, Boccaccini shows that the Essene community at Qumran was really the offspring of the Enochic party, which in turn contributed to the birth of parties led by John the Baptist and Jesus. Convincingly argued, this work will surely spark fresh debate in the discussion on the Qumran community and their famous writings. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - the myth buster This book does an outstanding job of putting alot of myths regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran to rest. We've been hoodwinked by so many charlatans trying to sell the Dead Sea Scroll - Christian connection. It takes a real scholar like Gabriele Boccaccini to smash those myths once and for all. The Qumran community which produced the sectarian writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls and who were described by Pliny as the monastic community living on the shores of the Dead Sea were ... Read More Rating: - Qure for your Qumran Questions If you're really "in" to the Dead Sea Scrolls, then you won't want to miss this volume. The subtitle ("The Parting of the Ways Between Qumran and Enochic Judaism") really only tells part of the story; Boccaccini devotes a lesser portion of this book to a quite reasonable hypothesis of the origins of the Essene movement in what he calls "Enochic" Judaism. The majority of the book is devoted to descriptions of the life and literature of the Essenes, and includes a collection of secular data on them (from ... Read More Rating: - paradigmatic work on enochian judaism This work is a must for everyone wishing to understand the birth of both Judaism an Christianity. Boccaccini offers a most helpful key to interpret the historical and theological facts of the period between The Old and The New Testament, throwing new light upon both the Qumran-society (who made the Dead Sea Scrolls) and early Christianity. He convincingly shows the continuity between certain "enochian" themes and ideas usually thought to be spesificially christian, and how these ideas grows out of a split ... Read More Rating: - Plausible yet simple, believable This book does a fine job of collecting various sources of thought and religious tenets from the period prior to first century Israel to put forward the theory that the various sects of Judaism and Christianity have a very common origination. The differences are explained but the emphasis is on the commonalities with time being properly considered. Some distinguishing light is shed on the major problem of identifying the Essenes to a small community in Qumran considering various sources that identify certain ... Read More Rating: - At last something new and meaningful about the Essene This is the *best* book I ever read about the Essene and Qumran to date. Dry, no-nonsensical, factual, sound... A bit "boring" here and there, but the matter is dry in itself, and the author is always essential and up-to-the-point, so the "boring" parts are always *very* short (never more than two pages). The author begins by reviewing all we know about the Essene from ancient sources. Then he thoroughly examines the literature that most resembles these features, the "Enochic" Jewish literature. ... 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