Qumran-Messianism

The publication of this collection of articles on Qumran Messianism by a team of international scholars marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. The authors offer a new approach to the messianic expectations expressed in the Qumran literature by incorporating also those texts and fragments which have been available only since 1992 and by understanding them within the context of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Most of the contributions originate from the Seminar on 'Qumran and Early Christianity' of the 'Societas Novi Testamenti Studiorum' of the past few years chaired by James Charlesworth and Hermann Lichtenberger. The present volume therefore stands at the very front of the academic discussion on the relation between ancient Judaism and early Christianity by concentrating on some of their central religious concepts: the messianic figures and latterday expectations as expressed in the Qumran writings.James H. Charlesworth: Introduction - Hermann Lichtenberger: Messianic Expectations and Figures During the Second Temple Period - James H. Charlesworth: Messianology in the Biblical Pseudepigrapha - Gerbern S. Oegema: The Messianic Expectations in the Qumran Writings. Theses on their Development - Ferdinand Dexinger: The Relationship Between Qumran and Samaritan Messianology - John J. Collins: The Works of the Messiah - James H. Charlesworth: Challenging the Consenus Regarding Qumran Messianism (1QS, 4QMSS) - Craig E. Evans: Are the 'Son' Texts at Qumran Messianic? Reflections on 4Q369 and Related Scrolls - Gerbern S. Oegema: Tradition-Historical Studies on 4Q252 - Johannes Zimmermann: Notes on 4Q246: The 'Son of God' - Graig E. Evans and Martin G. Abegg: Bibliography