Remaining Dead Sea Scrolls stay unpublished as their contents were found in 1950s to be inimical to Christian dogma.
[rear cover blurb:]
Christian Redeemer or Essene Messiah?
In THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE CHRISTIAN MYTH,
John Allegro examines the devastating impact of the
discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
To date, the Scrolls have posed more questions
than answers, and of these the most important concern
has been the relationship between the Essenes - the
owners of the Scrolls - and the early Church. The
difference between the Scrolls and the New Testament, in
their understanding of the messianic office, underscores
the fundamental struggle for supremacy which raged
between the so-called 'heresies' of early Christianity and
their 'orthodox' rival.
It now transpires that the battle fought so ruthlessly by
the Great Church, to suppress these heresies, was based
on completely false assumptions about the historicity and
purpose of the Gospels. The orthodox creed prevailed by
institutionalising the beliefs and practices of the once
great Essene order at the cost of stifling the Faith's true
genius for individualism.
Author(s): ALLEGRO, John Marco
Edition: Abacus / Sphere Books Ltd pbk. edition, 1981
Publisher: Westbridge Books (A Division of David & Charles)
Year: 1979
Language: English
Commentary: Some minor scan artifacts remain
Pages: 267
City: London
Tags: Aramaic, Christas, Christianity, Communitarianism, Cruxifixion, Dead Sea Scrolls, eschatological, Essenes, gnostic, Hebrews, Isaiah, Israel, Jerusalem, Jews, messiah, Moses, mythology, Palestine, Romans, Secacah, Simon Magus
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth - Front Cover......Page 1
Author Biography......Page 2
Also by John Allegro in Abacus......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Printer's Imprint......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Maps......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
MAP: Palestine......Page 12
1. The Essene Library......Page 19
MAP: The Caves around Khirbet Qumran......Page 28
2. The Lion of Wrath......Page 34
3. Secacah in Galilee......Page 48
4. Judgement and Hell-fire......Page 63
MAP: The Dead Sea area......Page 72
MAP: The Jerusalem to Jericho road......Page 75
5. Joshua, Son of Nun, and the Teacher of Righteousness......Page 78
6. Mortal Teacher to Immortal Christ......Page 96
7. The Celibate Ideal......Page 109
8. The Love Feast......Page 123
PHOTO-PLATES......Page 130
9. The Noble Lie......Page 147
10. Tyre, Once Proud City......Page 163
11. Helen, the Harlot of Tyre, and Light of the World......Page 179
12. The Day-spring from on High......Page 190
13. 'Will the _real_ Jesus Christ please stand up?'......Page 203
14. 'And on this Rock ... '......Page 218
15. Know Thyself......Page 238
Appendix: 4Q Therapeia......Page 251
Index......Page 258
Rear Cover......Page 267
