The Qumran Community [Paperback]

A new translation of the Qumran writings, part of the Dead Sea scrolls, with a commentary.New translations of significant extracts from the Qumran writings are accompanied by an exegetical commentary that confronts the interpretative problems raised.New translations of significant extracts from the Qumran writings are accompanied by an exegetical commentary that confronts the interpretative problems raised.Knibb provides fresh translations of substantial extracts from the Qumran writings together with an exegetical commentary to create a source book for the study of the Qumran community. Each piece has been carefully selected; instead of presenting a large number of isolated scraps, Knibb limits his choices to the several more impressive tracts. The great importance of this book lies in the exegetical commentary that confronts interpretative problems raised by each of the writings translated here.General editors' preface; List of abbreviations; Chronological table; Introduction; The Damascus document; The community rule; The rule of the congregation; The hymns; The genesis apocryphon; The prayer of Nabonidus; The commentaries; Florilegium; Testimonia; Index.