Holy War Discourses in 1QM and John's Apocalypse: A Comparative Study

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Preface
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Setting up a Comparative Reading
	1. Rationale
		1.1 Various Theories of a Qumran-Christian Connection
		1.2 Extrapolation from John the Baptist
		1.3 Josephus at Qumran
		1.4 Pliny the Eider and the Qumran Location
		1.5 Qumran as a Holiness School
		1.6 Extrapolation from Greek Fragments Found at Cave 7
		1.7 John of Patmos\' Potential Familiariry with Quntran
	2. Provisional Positions Regarding Revelation and 1QM
		2.1 Revelation as a \'Christian War Scroll\'
		2.2 Passive vs. Active Participation in Holy War
		2.3 The Two Literary Components
		2.4 The Book of Revelation
		2.5 The War Scroll (1QM)
		2.6 Genre and lntertextuality
		2.7 Scriptural Canoniciry and the Qumran Library
	3. Apacalyptic Perception and Apocalyptic Imagination
	4. Holy War in 1QM and Revelation
		4.1 Tue History of Holy War
		4.2 Tue Nature of Holy War
		4.3 Defining Terms
			4.3.1 Holy War vs. Yahweh War
			4.3.2 Holy War vs. Just War
			4.3.3 Holy War, Theomachy, and the Combat Myth
	5. Methodology: ComparativeAnalysis and Rhetarical Criticism
Chapter 2. Frameworks and Influences - Structures of Comparison: A Systematic Comparative Reading Part 1
	1. Discourse between 1QM and John \'s Apocalypse
	2. 1QM Column 1
		2.1 1QM 1: 1-7 - Major Thematic Issues
		2.2 Belial and Nero
		2.3 1QM 1:8- 13a - Destruction and Carnage
		2.4 1QM 1:13b-l7 - Heptadic Struct:ure(s) and Historical Holy War
			2.4.1 Tue Generic Numerology of 1QM and Revelation
			2.4.2 Heptads and the Question of Dominant Influence on Holy War
			2.4.3 Preliminary Conclusions
			2.4.4 The Question of Persian Influence
			2.4.5 Joshua and the Conquest of Jericho as a Dominant Influence on Holy War
			2.4.6 The Influence of Joshua and the Conquest on Revelation
			2.4.7 Excursus - The Ark of the Covenant as a Symbol of Holy War
			2.4.8 The Jericho Narrative and the Conquest on Revelation
			2.4.9 Preliminary Conclusions
		2.5 1QM 1:14-17 - The Hand of God and the Influence of Exodus on Holy War
Chapter 3. The World of 1QM and Revelation: A Systematic Comparative Reading Part 2
	1. 1QM Column 2-9 Part 1: Geopolitical and Cosmological Perceptions
		1.1 1QM 2:1- 15 - Shifting to a War Footing
		1.2 The Priesthood in Holy War
		1.3 Levites in Holy War
		1.4 The Yearly Timeframe for the Holy War in 1QM 2: 1-l0a
		1.5 The Geography and Cosmology of Holy War
			1.5.l The Geographical List of Enemies of 1QM 2:10b-14
			1.5.2 The Geographical Perception of John\'s Apocalypse
			1.5.3 Lud/Lydia; Tue Euphrates River; Gog and Magog; Megiddo
			1.5.4 Lud/Lydia
			1.5.5 The Euphrates River
			1.5.6 Gog and Magog
			1.5.7 Megiddo
			1.5.8 Jerusalem; Rome; The Earth
			1.5.9 Jerusalem
			1.5.10 Rome
			1.5.11 The Earth
		1.6 Angelology
Chapter 4. Descriptions ofthe Holy War: A Systematic Comparative Reading Part 3
	1. 1QM 2-9 Part 2: Rules for the War of Divisians
		1.1 Ekphrasis in 1QM
		1.2 Tue Polemics of Revelation
	2. The Rhetoric of Holy War Liturgy
Chapter 5. Concluding Perspectives
	1. Theologies of Holy War
	2. The Impulse to Violence
	3. The Zealotry of 1QM
	4. TheMartyrdam of Revelation
	5. Synthesis and Summary
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects