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Rosenberg looks to the Qumran scrolls for clues to the relationship of the Essenes or Sadoqites to the early Christians. He finds that many of their beliefs, including the expectation of a Moreh Sedeq or Correct Teacher, were taken on by the early Christians and shaped in the early days of the Church. By comparing Qumran texts with New Testament materials, Rosenberg shows that, in Christian teaching, Jesus plays the part of the three separate persons who, according to the Sadoqites, were supposed to represent and embody sedeq or divine justice. This book will be of interest to all who are concerned with Judaism and the evolution of Christianity.

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An important study on a timely theme. The centrality and meaning of sedeq (Divine Justice) for the life of both the Essenes and the first Christians has never before been set out in such a challenging, competent, and convincing presentation, accessible to the lay reader and full of surprises for the scholar. -Professor Otto Betz University of Tubingen

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ROY A. ROSENBERG is the author of four earlier books, including The Concise Guide to Judaism, his scholarly articles are to be found in the Journal of Biblical Literature, Biblica, and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion among others.

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