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Apocalyptic and Prophetic
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Texts
Controversies4Q513 — A Dead Sea Scrolls halakhic dispute text addressing contested purity rulings, offering measurements, Sabbath-memorial days, and oil-immersion controversies at Qumran.Four KingdomsAramaic vision of four world empires — an interpreting angel names Babylon and Persia in a Danielic typology of history; Cave 4, two manuscripts (4Q552–553)MelchizedekA Good Works Translation of the Melchizedek text (11Q13) from Hebrew. An eschatological vision of Melchizedek as heavenly judge and deliverer.Men of the PeopleA Good Works Translation of 4Q306 from Hebrew — a short Qumran disciplinary text applying Isaiah 59:10 (groping like the blind) to community members who violate priestly laws, closing with a declaration of guilt and great wrath.Messianic ApocalypseA Good Works Translation of the Messianic Apocalypse (4Q521) from Hebrew. A vision of the Messiah who will heal the wounded, raise the dead, and bring good news to the poor.Narrative of the Beloved (4Q458)Dead Sea Scroll (4Q458) — Cave 4 Hebrew; the beloved figure, burning of cities, earth opening to swallow the uncircumcised, the righteous one anointed with royal oilNarrative of the Beloved (4Q458) — Source TextSource text: 4Q458 Hebrew — apparatus-confirmed readings of the Narrative of the BelovedNew JerusalemA Good Works Translation of the New Jerusalem texts (2Q24, 4Q554-555, 5Q15, 11Q18) from Aramaic. A visionary tour of the ideal future Jerusalem.Prophecy of ReturnCave 4 Hebrew midrashic anthology on Deuteronomic repentance theology — "with all your heart, in the end of days, you shall return."Pseudo-EzekielA Good Works Translation of the Pseudo-Ezekiel texts (4Q385-388) from Hebrew. Expanded visions of Ezekiel — including the valley of dry bones, the hastening of days, and the chariot throne.Pseudo-Ezekiel BFour additional Cave 4 manuscripts continuing the Pseudo-Ezekiel cycle — the dry bones vision expanded into covenant promise, Ezekiel questioning God about the duration of exile, and visions of restoration.Renewed EarthCave 4 Hebrew eschatological fragment envisioning a world cleansed of guilt and freed from Mastema and Satan, the earth renewed forever.Seed of DavidFragmentary Cave 4 Hebrew text attesting the Davidic messianic formula — "from the Seed of David a ruler shall go forth."Son of GodA Good Works Translation of the Son of God text (4Q246) from Aramaic. A vision of one who shall be called Son of God and Son of the Most High.The War ScrollThe War Scroll of Qumran — a visionary battle plan for the final war between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness.The Woe Prophecy (2Q23)Dead Sea Scroll (2Q23) — Cave 2 woe-oracle; consuming plague, trust in sword and beast, Sheol full of goat-demons, alarming reports from east and north, knees buckling, many slain fallenThe Woe Prophecy (2Q23) — Source TextSource text: 2Q23 Hebrew — apparatus-confirmed readings of the Woe ProphecyTime of RighteousnessCave 4 Hebrew eschatological text proclaiming the end of the age of wickedness and the dawn of the age of justice, when the earth is filled with knowledge and every tongue blesses God.Words of ReturnFragmentary Cave 4 Hebrew text combining Jeremiah's "hammer of the earth" imagery with the return of the scattered ones — a prophetic vision of judgment and restoration.