DOCTRINES OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUMRAN

Dr. Gary Gromacki        
Associate Professor of Bible and Homiletics                                                     
Baptist Bible Seminary     
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania                                                                     
 <ggromacki>at<bbc>dot <edu>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

DSS DOCTRINE OF GOD

The Essenes' View of God

The God of Israel

The Lord of Creation

The Warrior God

The Sovereignty of God

DSS DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE

Biblical Scrolls

Translations

Rewritten Scriptures

Biblical Commentaries (Pesharim)

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

DSS DOCTRINE OF MAN AND SIN

The Creation of Man

The Fall of Man

The Sinful Nature of Man

Man's Struggle with Sin

Death: The Punishment For Sin

DSS DOCTRINE OF SALVATION

Predestination

Justification

Forgiveness

DSS DOCTRINE OF THE COMMUNITY

The Origin and History of the Qumran Community

The Identity of the Qumran Community

The Sectarian Writings of the Community

A Comparison of the Qumran Community and the Early Church

DSS DOCTRINE OF THE MESSIAH

Messianism

Origin of Messianism

The Jewish Need for a Messiah

Messianism at Qumran

Testimonia or Messianic Anthology (4Q175)

Number of Messiahs

Characteristics of the Messiah

Messiah as the "Son of God"

DSS DOCTRINE OF ESCHATOLOGY

The War Scroll (1QM)

The Final War Between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness

The Final Battle of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness

The Age to Come

The Resurrection of the Righteous

The Punishment of the Wicked

The Future Temple

New Jerusalem

ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUMRAN

Qumran

Excavations

Cave 1

Cave 4

Cemetery

Cistern

Miqveh

Scriptorium

Tower

Water Channel

Jar

DEAD SEA SCROLLS BIBLIOGRAPHY

WEB SITES ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS