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Apocalyptic and Prophetic
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ControversiesA Good Works Translation of 4Q513 from Hebrew: fragments of a late Hasmonean book of disputed laws, on the produce of the year of release, the shekel and the measures, women married to foreigners who must not be fed holy food, and the waving of the omer on the Sabbath.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.Melchizedek — Source TextSource text for MelchizedekMen of the PeopleA Good Works Translation of 4Q306 from Hebrew: fragments in which a first-person voice foresees that the people will go astray, shift the appointed times and let birds and dogs eat from the holy things, and tells of those who sought the Law yet groped like the blind.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.Messianic Apocalypse — Source TextSource text for Messianic ApocalypseNarrative of the Beloved (4Q458)A Good Works Translation of 4Q458 from Hebrew: small Cave 4 fragments that speak of the beloved, the first angel and a sword that lays waste, the uncircumcised swallowed up, and one named Yotsadqi anointed with the oil of kingship.Narrative of the Beloved (4Q458) — Source TextThe Hebrew of 4Q458 as printed in Elisha Qimron's composite edition: the source text of the Good Works Translation Narrative of the Beloved (4Q458).New JerusalemA Good Works Translation of the New Jerusalem texts (2Q24, 4Q554-555, 5Q15, 11Q18) from Aramaic. A visionary tour of the ideal future Jerusalem.New Jerusalem — Source TextSource text for New JerusalemProphecy of ReturnA Good Works Translation of 4Q485 from Hebrew: a six-line papyrus fragment, titled 'Repentance' by Qimron, that strings together short scriptural sayings on seeking God and returning to him.Prophecy of Return — Source TextThe Hebrew of 4Q485 as printed in Elisha Qimron's composite edition: the source text of the Good Works Translation Prophecy of 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 EarthA Good Works Translation of 4Q475 from Hebrew: a single Cave 4 fragment on people who forgot God's statutes, leaders who taught them, and a coming time when guilt is gone from the land, the whole world is like Eden, and the land is quiet forever.Seed of DavidA Good Works Translation of 4Q479 from Hebrew: one small Herodian-era Cave 4 fragment whose broken lines speak of a service, of the seed of David, of one who came forth from David, and of keeping watch.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.Son of God — Source TextSource text: 4Q246 — Hebrew/Aramaic transcription for Son of GodThe 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 War Scroll — Source TextSource text for The War ScrollThe Woe Prophecy (2Q23)A Good Works Translation of 2Q23 from Hebrew: two Cave 2 fragments of a polemical work that rebukes people who trust in sword and spear and boast in their idols, and warns of a fall into the depths of Sheol and of many slain.The Woe Prophecy (2Q23) — Source TextThe Hebrew of 2Q23 as printed in Elisha Qimron's composite edition: the source text of the Good Works Translation The Woe Prophecy (2Q23).Time 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 ReturnA Good Works Translation of 4Q481b from Hebrew: a single Hasmonean-era Cave 4 fragment in the language of Jeremiah, on bringing back the banished to the land, a great and mighty camp, the wilderness, and the hammer of all the earth.