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    Ruth A. Clements and Daniel R. Schwartz, eds. Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Jointly Sponsored by the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity, 11–13 January, 2004. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 84. Leiden: Brill, 2009.

    CONTENTS

    Preface ................................................................................................. vii
    Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xi

    CANON, PROPHECY, AND COMMENTARY

    The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Biblical Commentary 3
    Markus Bockmuehl
    Prophets and Prophecy in the Qumran Scrolls and the New
    Testament ........................................................................................ 31
    George J. Brooke
    Special People or Special Books? On Qumran and New
    Testament Notions of Canon ....................................................... 49
    Daniel R. Schwartz

    COMMUNITIES AND THEIR BOUNDARIES

    Temple and Righteousness in Qumran and Early Christianity:
    Tracing the Social Difference between the Two Movements 63
    Eyal Regev
    We, You, They: Boundary Language in 4QMMT and the New
    Testament Epistles ......................................................................... 89
    Adele Reinhartz

    THE SCROLLS AND JOHANNINE LITERATURE

    The Gospel of John and the Dead Sea Scrolls .............................. 109
    Harold W. Attridge
    Recent Perspectives on Johannine Dualism and Its Background 127
    Jörg Frey

    BELIEFS AND INTERPRETATIONS

    Towards a Theology of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture .......... 161
    Gary A. Anderson
    Divorce, Reproof, and Other Sayings in the Synoptic Gospels:
    Jesus Traditions in the Context of “Qumranic” and Other
    Texts ................................................................................................. 195
    Menahem Kister
    Exegetical Patterns Common to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the
    New Testament, and Their Implications .................................... 231
    Serge Ruzer

    DEMONS AND SAVIORS

    Melchizedek: A Model for the Union of Kingship and
    Priesthood in the Hebrew Bible, 11QMelchizedek, and the
    Epistle to the Hebrews .................................................................. 255
    Israel Knohl
    Demonology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament 267
    Hermann Lichtenberger
    A Messiah in Heaven? A Re-Evaluation of Jewish and
    Christian Apocalyptic Traditions ................................................ 281
    Cana Werman

    Index of Modern Authors ................................................................ 000
    Index of Ancient Sources ................................................................. 000