The Spiritual World of Second Temple Judaism

Introduction

The Scholarly Legacy of Jacob Licht

Part I

Dead Sea Scrolls

1

The Term ‘Lot’ in the Qumran Writings (1956)

2

The Concept of Volunteering in the Qumran Writings (1957)

3

The Eternal Plant and the People of Divine Deliverance (1961)

4

The Stricter Status of the Assembly’s Drinks Compared to Food in the Community Rule and the Place of Purity in the Conceptual System of the Qumran Community (1963)

5

Thighs as a Sign of Election (1966)

6

The Doctrine of Epochs of the Qumran Community and Other Eschatologists (1967)

7

The Wiles of the Wicked Woman (1972)

8

An Ideal Town Plan from Qumran: The Description of the New Jerusalem (1979)

9

The Qumran Community and its Writings (1977/1983)

Part II

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

10

Taxo, or the Apocalyptic Doctrine of Vengeance (1961)

11

The Apocryphal Book Paralipomena Ieremiae or 4 Baruch (1963)

12

The Meaning of the Testament of Job (1977)

13

The Book of Judith as a Literary Composition (1975)

14

An Analysis of Baruch’s Prayer: 2 Baruch 21 (1982)

15

Baruch’s Despair: A Turning Point in Apocalyptic Thinking (1984)

16

The Attitude to Past Events in Biblical and Apocalyptic Literature (1991)

Index of Sources