Chapter 11. Mysticism and the Holy Spirit

Chapters in this book

1. i-vi i
2. Preface vii
3. Table of Contents xi
4. Introduction: From Scrolls to Sects 1
5. Part I Sectarian Ideologies in Qumran
6. Chapter 1. Sectarian Ideologies and Social Theory: From Separation to Revelation 33
7. Chapter 2. Abominated Temple and Moral Community: Purity, Morality and Sectarian Boundaries 95
8. Chapter 3. Dynamic Holiness and Pre-Sectarianism in the Temple Scroll and MMT 133
9. Chapter 4. Structure, Organization, and the Relationship between the yahad and the Damascus Covenant 163
10. Part II. Related Movements: 1 Enoch, Jubilees and the Essenes
11. Chapter 5. 1 Enoch and the Origins of Sectarian Tension 199
12. Chapter 6. Jubilees’ Reform Movement 219
13. Chapter 7. The Essenes: An Outgrowth of the Qumran Movement? 243
14. Part III. A Comparative Study of Sectarianism: The Qumran Sects and the Anabaptists, Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish, Puritans, Quakers and Shakers
15. Chapter 8. Comparing Sectarian Rituals and Organizational Patterns 269
16. Chapter 9. Gender and Sectarianism: Between Celibacy and Intimacy 301
17. Chapter 10. Eliminating the Power of Wealth 335
18. Chapter 11. Mysticism and the Holy Spirit 351
19. Conclusions 377
20. Abbreviations 389
21. Bibliography 391
22. Index 427