by Robert Eisenman and Michael Wise

1992

Contents

• Preface

• Abbreviations, Symbols and Ciphers

• Introduction

  
  1. Messianic And Visionary Recitals

  1. The Messiah of Heaven and Earth (4Q521)

  2. The Messianic Leader (Nasi-4Q285)

  3. The Servants of Darkness (4Q471)

  4. The Birth of Noah (4Q 534-536)

  5. The Words of Michael (4Q529)

  6. The New Jerusalem (4Q554)

  7. The Tree of Evil (A Fragmentary Apocalypse-4Q458)

     Notes

      

  2. Prophets And Pseudo-Prophets

  8. The Angels of Mastemoth and the Rule of Belial (4Q390)

  9. Pseudo-Jeremiah (4Q385)

  10. Second Ezekiel (4Q385-389)

  11. Pseudo-Daniel (4Q243-245)

  12. The Son of God (4Q246)

  13. Vision of the Four Kingdoms (4Q547)

      Notes

       

  3. Biblical Interpretation

  14. A Genesis Florilegium (4Q252)

  15. Joshua Apocryphon (4Q522)

  16. A Biblical Chronology (4Q559)

  17. Hur and Miriam (4Q544)

  18. Enochic Book of Giants (4Q532)

  19. Pseudo-jubilees (4Q227)

  20. Aramaic Tobit (4Q196)

  21. Stories from the Persian Court (4Q550)

      Notes

       

  4. Calendrical Texts And Priestly Courses

  22. Priestly Courses I (4Q3 2 1)

  23. Priestly Courses II(4Q32 0)

  24. Priestly Courses III-Aemilius Kills (4Q323-324A-B)

  25. Priestly Courses IV (4Q325)

  26. Heavenly Concordances (Otot-4Q319A)

      Notes

       

  5. Testaments And Admonitions

  27. Aramaic Testament of Levi (4Q2 13 -214)

  28. A Firm Foundation (Aaron A-4Q541)

  29. Testament of Kohath (4Q 542)

  30. Testament of Amram (4Q543,545-548)

  31. Testament of Naphtali (4Q2 15)

  32. Admonitions to the Sons of Dawn (4Q298)

  33. The Sons of Righteousness (Proverbs-4Q424)

  34. The Demons of Death (Beatitudes-4Q525)

      Notes

       

  6. Works Reckoned As Righteousness- Legal Texts (P180)

  35. The First Letter on Works Reckoned as Righteousness (4Q394-398)

  36. The Second Letter on Works Reckoned as Righteousness (4Q397 - 399)

  37. A Pleasing Fragrance (Halakhah A-4Q251)

  38. Mourning, Seminal Emissions, etc. (Purity Laws Type A-4Q274)

  39. Laws of the Red Heifer (Purity Laws Type B-4Q276-277)

  40. The Foundations of Righteousness (The End of the Damascus Document: An Excommunication Text-4Q266)

      Notes

       

  7. Hymns And Mysteries

  41. The Chariots of Glory (4Q2 8 6-2 87)

  42. Baptismal Hymn (4Q414)

  43. Hymns of the Poor (4Q434,436)

  44. The Children of Salvation (Yesha') and The Mystery of Existence (4Q416, 418)

      Notes

       

  8. Divination, Magic And Miscellaneous

  45. Brontologion (4Q318)

  46. A Physiognomic Text (4Q561)

  47. An Amulet Formula Against Evil Spirits (4Q 560)

  48. The Era of Light is Coming (4Q462)

  49. He Loved His Bodily Emissions (A Record of Sectarian Discipline-4Q477)

  50. Paean for King Jonathan (Alexander Jannaeus-4Q448)

      Notes

       

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