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392 Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 374-453 Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls . Edited by John J. Collins and Craig A. Evans. Grand Rapids (MI): Baker, 2006. Pp. 144. Paperback. $16.99. ISBN 0-8010-2837-X. Th is is a collection of eight studies which, according to the preface, claim to touch on some of the “major issues,” like the history of the biblical text, law and escha- tological expectations, raised by the Dead Sea Scrolls “for the study of early Chris- tianity” (11, 13). Th e first two articles by Collins deal with the comparative question of Qumran messianism and its possible relevance for the Jewish background to emerging Christianity. Th e first paper, “A Messiah before Jesus?” (15-35), presents careful discussion and solid rebuttal of theses recently advanced by Wise (1999) and Knohl (2000) about an Essene Messiah in Qumran texts who would have prefigured Jesus Christ. Collins rightly notes that suffering servant and Messiah are categories which do not occur intertwined in the Qumran evidence under dis- cussion, mainly the Hodayot and the so-called “Self-Glorification Hymn” (28-31). Th e second paper, “An Essene Messiah? Comments on Knohl, Th e
Journal for the Study of Judaism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
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