All the glory of Adam
Subtitle: liturgical anthropology in the Dead Sea scrolls
By: by Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis.
Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah,; v. 42
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls.; Serekh shirot olat ha-Shabbat.; Man (Jewish theology); Judaism -- Liturgy.
Description: "All the Glory of Adam examines Dead Sea Scroll texts which pertain to the Qumran community's understanding of (a)a transcendent, angelomorphic or divine humanity and (b) the role of cultic space and time, and the experience of worship, in the formation of such a humanity." "Apart from all Dead Sea Scrolls scholars the book will be useful for anyone working on biblical anthropology, messianism and Christology, and temple or cultic theology."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-497) and indexes.