The Scepter and the Star <subTitle>The messiahs of the Dead Sea scrolls and other ancient literature</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Collins, John J.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1938-1999</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Doubleday</publisher> <dateIssued>1995</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>270tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>25 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In The Scepter and the Star, John J. Collins turns to the Dead Sea Scrolls to shed new light on the origins, meaning, and relevance of messianic expectations... According to the scrolls, the messiah could be a warrior king in the line of David, a priest, a prophet, or a teacher. He could be called ""the Son of God."" Jesus of Nazareth fitted the expectations some Jews of the time had of the messiah. The majority of Jews, however, had quite different expectations...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John James Collins</note> <subject> <topic>Dead Sea scrolls -- History and criticism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Messiah -- Judaism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Messiah -- Prophecies</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">296.336</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J65-C71</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780385474573, 0385474571</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13016/sc.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13016/sc.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071213.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>