CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES 8
MAPS 10-11
PREFACE 13

1. The Discovery and Purchase of the Scrolls 15
2. Further Discoveries 35
3. The Editing of the Scrolls and Fragments 41
4. The Biblical Texts 50
5. The Excavations at Qumran 75
6. The Origin of the Sect 94
7. The Life and Discipline of the Sect 101
8. Other Works from the Qumran Library 119
9. The Doctrines of the Sect 124
10. The Use of Scripture Texts in the Dead Sea
Scrolls and the New Testament 134
11. The Qumran Community and the Church 141
12. The Messianic Conceptions of Qumran and
the Early Church 148
13. The Qumran Sect and Jesus 155

APPENDIX I. John the Baptist 163
APPENDIX II. Other Cave Discoveries of History
and Affiliations with the Qumran Sect 166
APPENDIX III. Murabba‘at 168
APPENDIX IV. The Copper Scroll 181

BIBLIOGRAPHY 186
GENERAL INDEX 199
BIBLICAL INDEX 207