Introduction -- Rabbinic and Qumran interpretation systems -- The attribution of modern concepts to authors and readers of ancient texts -- Enoch : complementary or alternative to Mosaic Torah? -- Jubilees and the Mosaic Torah -- Another look at dualism in Qumran writings -- Against a theory of dual determinism in 1QS and 1QHa -- Epilogue
Summary
The study disputes allegations of dualism and determinism in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the substitution of Enoch's prophecies for the Mosaic Torah, which are incompatible with the biblical doctrines that dominated Jewish society in the late Second Temple period
