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Daniélou, Jean.

The Dead Sea scrolls and primitive Christianity / Translated from the French by Salvator Attanasio. - Baltimore, Helicon Press [1958] - 128 p. illus. 18 cm. - A Mentor Omega book. .

Translation of Les manuscrits de la mer Morte et les origines du christianisme.

Includes bibliography.

Contents: I. The religious community of Qumran and the evangelical milieu. John the Baptist and Qumran --
Jesus and the Zadok priests --
Essenian practices in the community of Jerusalem --
II. Christ and the teacher of righteousness. Is the teacher of righteousness a dead and resurrected God? --
The Zadokite use of the Messianic prophecies --
The grandeur and limits of the teacher of righteousness --
III. Early developments of the church and the community of Qumran. Essenes and Hellenists --
Dositheus and the origin of gnosticism --
Traces of Essenian thought in St. Paul --
Saint John and the theology of Qumran --
Is the epistle to the Hebrews addressed to the Essenes? --
The Testaments of the XII patriarchs, the work of a converted Essene --
The Syrian church and the Zadokites --
Ebionism and Essenism --
An Essene converted in Rome.

LCCN: 58014443 /L

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Dead Sea scrolls.

LC Class. No.: BM487 / .D25 1958

Dewey Class. No.: 221.4