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Repentance at Qumran Repentance at Qumran The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls Mark A. Jason Fortress Press Minneapolis REPENTANCE AT QUMRAN The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls Copyright © 2015 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Cover design: Alisha Lofgren Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Print ISBN: 978-1-4514-8530-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4514-9427-3 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. This book was produced using PressBooks.com, and PDF rendering was done by PrinceXML. Contents Abbreviations vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Religious Experience and Repentance 29 2. Motivations for Repentance 47 3. Repentance, Separation, and the Covenant 65 4. Predestined Repentance 105 5. The Extent of Repentance 145 6. Repentance in Daily Life: Cult and Rituals 157 7. Repentance and Eschatology 201 Conclusion 233 Bibliography 253 Index of Authors 281 Index of Scriptures and Ancient Literature 285 Abbreviations AB Anchor Bible ACNT Augsburg Commentaries on the New Testament The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. Edited by R. APOT H. Charles. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1913. BBR Bulletin of Biblical Research Bib Biblica BI Biblical Interpretation BN Biblischer Notizen. 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EvQ Evangelical Quarterly ExpT Expository Times vii REPENTANCE AT QUMRAN EBC Expositor’s Bible Commentary EI Eretz Israel EJ Encyclopaedia Judaica GAP Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha HB Hebrew Bible HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs HTR Harvard Theological Review IBC Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching ICC International Critical Commentary IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible IEJ Israel Exploration Journal JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JJS Journal of Jewish Studies JQR Jewish Quarterly Review JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series JSPSup Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha: Supplement Series JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism JSS Journal of Semitic Studies JSSSup Journal of Semitic Studies: Supplement Series JSHRZ Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit JTS Journal of Theological Studies KAT Kommentar zum Alten Testament LAB Pseudo-Philo,Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum LNTS Library of New Testament Studies LXX The Septuagint MS Manuscript MT Masoretic Text viii ABBREVIATIONS NBD The New Bible Dictionary NIB The New Interpreter’s Bible NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament NovT Novum Testamentum NTS New Testament Studies OTL Old Testament Library H. Charlesworth, ed.The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. London: OTP Darton, Longman & Todd, 1983–1985. PTSDSSP Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project RB Revue biblique RevQ Revue de Qumrân SBL Society of Biblical Literature SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series SBLMS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series SCSS Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series SNTMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series STDJ Studies on the Text of the Desert of Judah TB Tyndale Bulletin Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament.15 vols. Edited by G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, and Heinz-Josef Fabry. TDOT Translated by David E. Green and Douglas W. Stott. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974–1995. ThZ Theologische Zeitschrift TWAT Theologische Wörterbuch Altes Testaments Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke, eds.Theological TWOT Wordbook of the Old Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980. VT Vetus Testamentum VTSup Supplements to Vetus Testamentum WBC Word Biblical Commentary ix REPENTANCE AT QUMRAN WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament Apoc. Apocalypse of Zephaniah Zeph. Jos. Asen. Joseph and Aseneth J.W. Josephus,Jewish War Let. Aris. Letter of Aristeas T. Ab. Testament of Abraham T. Gad Testament of Gad T. Jud. Testament of Judah T. Naph. Testament of Naphtali T. Lev. Testament of Levi T. Jos. Testament of Joseph T. Zeb. Testament of Zebulun T. Dan Testament of Dan T. Reu. Testament of Reuben T. Sim. Testament of Simeon T. Zeb. Testament of Zebulun x

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Mark A. Jason offers a detailed investigation of the place of repentance in the Dead Sea Scrolls, addressing a significant lacuna in Qumran scholarship. Normally, when the belief system of the community is examined, "repentance" is usually taken for granted or relegated to a peripheral position. By
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