New Translation: 사해문서 개론 (The Dead Sea Scrolls), 2023

피터 W. 플린트. 사해문서 개론 (The Dead Sea Scrolls). 장동신 역. 서울: 감은사, 2023.
(Peter W. Flint. SaHaeMoonSeo GaeRon. Trans. Don Chang. Seoul: Gam-Eun Sa, 2023.)
512 pages. Paper – ISBN 9791193155172 E-book ISBN 9791193155202

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Greatest Find of Our Times

  1. The Discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert
  • The First Cave at Qumran and Its Seven Scrolls
  • The Other Ten Qumran Caves and Their Scrolls
  • Dead Sea Scrolls from Other Sites in the Judean Desert
  • The Quest for Further Caves and Scrolls
  1. Archaeology of the Qumran Site: The Caves, Buildings, and Cemeteries
  • Archaeology and the Qumran Caves
  • Archaeology of the Qumran Buildings
  • The Qumran Cemeteries
  1. Dating the Scrolls Found at Qumran
  • Dating the Scrolls and the Qumran Site by Archaeology
  • Internal Datings in the Scrolls
  • Dating Dead Sea Scrolls Using Paleography
  • Radiocarbon Methods of Dating
  1. The Bible Before the Scrolls
  • The Masoretic Text
  • The Samaritan Pentateuch
  • The Septuagint or Greek Bible
  • Other Versions (Translations) of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  1. The Biblical Scrolls
  • The Pentateuch (or Torah)
  • The Historical Books
  • The Poetical Books
  • The Prophets
  1. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical Text
  • Observations on the Biblical Scrolls
  • The Scrolls and the Text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  1. The Scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha
  • The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
  • Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Dead Sea Scrolls
  1. The Shape and Contents of the Scriptures Used at Qumran
  • Hebrew Bible or Old Testament?
  • Ancient Evidence Outside the Scrolls Found at Qumran
  • Evidence from the Scrolls Found at Qumran
  1. The Nonbiblical Scrolls
  • Rules
  • Legal Texts
  • Commentaries on Authoritative Texts
  • Poetic Texts, Calendars, Prayers, and Liturgies
  • Wisdom (Sapiential) Texts
  • Eschatological Texts
  • The Copper Scroll, Other Documentary Texts, and Nonsectarian Texts
  1. The Movement Associated with Qumran: Not Pharisees or Sadducees, but Essenes
  • Were the Scrolls Found at Qumran Associated with the Pharisees?
  • Were the Scrolls Found at Qumran Associated with the Sadducees?
  • The Scrolls Found Near Qumran Were Associated with a Group of Essenes
  • Concluding Statement on the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
  • History of the Essene Movement
  1. Religious Thought and Practice
  • Concept of God
  • Predeterminism (or Fate), the Two Ways, and the Supernatural Origins of Evil
  • One Overall Principle (Law)
  • Interpretation of Scripture
  • Experiencing God and the Divine
  • The End of Days and the Messiahs
  1. The New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • The Scrolls and Early Christian Writings: New Testament Writings at Qumran?
  • Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (the Gospels and the Scrolls)
  • The Scrolls and the Early Church: Acts, Paul, and the Other Letters
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Revelation