The Spiritual History of the Dead Sea Sect by David Flusser

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Format: Paperback, 98pp.

ISBN: 965050480X

Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Pub. Date: December 1989

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The Essene sect was one of the most remarkable in both general and Jewish history. The
Essenes sought a better world with a superior societal order, and attempted to realize these in
their way of life.

This was a unique Jewish sect, some of whose writings were found in the Qumran caves and
verified what had been known about the sect from other sources.

Prof. Flusser invites the reader to take a thrilling tour of the spiritual realms of the Essenes, and
at the end of this tour he believes that the reader will ask himself whether he too, as the
Essenes, longs for a better world, in which one "moves away from evil and clings to the good,
and acts with truth, charity and justice in the world."

About the Author

David Flusser was the professor of Early Christianity and Judaism of the Second Temple Period
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Flusser is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences
and Humanities. He is a recipient of the Israel Prize (1980), awarded by the State of Israel. In
1989 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology by the Catholic Faculty of Theology of
Lucerne, Switzerland. His books include Jesus and Judaism and the Origins of Christianity. He
has published over 1000 articles in Hebrew, German, English, and other languages. He died on
his 83rd birthday on September 15 2000.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

I. The Essenes and their Origins 9

II. Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes 15

III. The Date of the Sect of the Scrolls 22

IV. The Daily Life of the Sect and its Organization 28

V. The Sect and the Rest of Israel 34

VI. The House of Israel and the Sect 40

VII. The Doctrine of Predestination 46

VIII. The Conflict between Spirit and Flesh 52

IX. The Concept of Man and Human History 57

X. The Phenomenon of the Apocalypts 63

XI. Apocalyptic Literature 69

XII. The Hatred Through the Love 76

XIII. Belief in Messiahs 83

Notes 90