The New Jerusalem Texts

DiTomasso traces the motif of the New Jerusalem in a literary journey that takes us from the Dead Sea Scrolls to ancient Jewish and Christian prophetic and apocalyptic texts.

Lorenzo DiTommaso is Assistant Professor of Theology at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Among his books is the Bibliography of Pseudepigrapha Research, 1850-1999 (T&T Clark, 2001).

Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1.1. Discovery, Identification, and Editions of the NJ Text1.2. The Study of the NJ Text2. The Manuscript Copies of the NJ Text and Their Contents 2.1. 1Q322.2. 2Q242.3. 4Q5542.4. 4Q554a2.5. 4Q5552.6. 5Q152.7. 11Q183. The Nature of the NJ Text 3.1. Reconstructing the Text3.2. The Order of the Material3.3. The Genre of the NJ Text3.4. Architectural and Design Antecedents3.5. An Ezekiel Apocryphon?3.6. Date and Provenance of the NJ Text4. New Jerusalem/Temple Texts preserved elsewhere among the Dead Sea Scrolls 4.1. The Temple Scroll4.2. The Reworked Pentateuch4.3. 4Q3914.4. 4Q4624.5. 4Q4294.6. 4Q5294.7. 4Q5374.8. Other Texts5. The New Jerusalem Motif in Early Judaism and Christianity Probably with sub-sections for each of the most significant texts, including Ezekiel 40-48, Revelation 21-22, etc.6. The New Jerusalem Motif and Apocalypticism 7. The New Jerusalem and the Eschatology of the Qumran Community Cumulative Bibliography Index of Sources Index of Authors

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