The "mysteries" of Qumran
Subtitle: mystery, secrecy, and esotericism in the Dead Sea scrolls
By: Samuel I. Thomas
Series: Early Judaism and its literature -- no. 25; Early Judaism and its literature -- no. 25.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: mul
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781589834132
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univeristy of Notre Dame, 2007 under title: The "mysteries" of the Qumran community : the Raz-concept in Second Temple Judaism and in the Dead Sea scrolls.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Esotericism, sectarianism, & religious discourses; title: Secrets, mysteries, and the development of apocalyptic thought; title: A lexicology of mystery in the Qumran scrolls; title: Prophetic, sapiential, and priestly "mysteries"; title: Conclusion: vision, knowledge, and worship; title: Appendix: On the Persian etymology of Raz.