Review article

Apocalyptic in the Original Qumran Documents

Domagoj Runje orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-362X ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split, Split, Hrvatska

Abstract

Although there is a rather small number of apocalyptic documents originating from Qumran, the apocalyptic issues are well present in the field of Qumran research. This article first lists the documents with the word apocalypse in its title. After that, the author presents other more important documents containing apocalyptic issues. Finally, he lists these apocalyptic themes: the last battle between Good and Evil; the messianic figures; periodisation of the history; the everlasting temple and its liturgy.

Keywords

apocalypse; apocalyptic; eschatology; Qumran; Dead Sea Scrolls; Bible

Hrčak ID:

184968

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/184968

Publication date:

20.7.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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