TY - JOUR

T1 - TWO FIGURES IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS — MELCHIZEDEK IN 11QMELCHIZEDEK (11Q13) AND “SON OF GOD” IN THE “APOCRYPHON OF DANIEL” (4Q246) — AS TWO ESCHATOLOGICAL SOTERIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS

AU - Tantlevskij, Igor

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Center for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The article analyses and juxtaposes the images of the eschatological soteriological figures of Melchizedek in 11QMelchizedek (11Q13) and the “Son of God” in4QApocryphon of Daniel (4Q246). Identifying the differences in the soteriological concepts reflected in 11Q13 and 4Q246, the author reaches the following main conclusions.God the Creator is transcendent to creation; Melchizedek is predominantly the spiritualhead of the entire Universe (cf. also 4Q521, frag. 2, 2:1 of the “Messiah” of the Lord),who during the Eschaton will put an end to all the dark forces of creation led by Belial,atone for the sins of the worthy and retaliate against the sinful. As for the “Son of God”in 4Q246, his mission is mainly directed to earthly affairs, albeit on a global scale; heappears as a lay and military leader who comes at a critical moment to the aid of God’speople and is called to establish a just and righteous world order and in fact to becomethe sovereign of the united earthly kingdom. To a certain extent the image of the “Son ofGod” in 4Q246 may be compared with the personality of the eschatological “messengerwho announces peace (שלום) “(Isa. 52:7), i.e. establishes socio-political welfare on earth(cf., e.g., 4Q246, frag. 2, 2:5–6), and who is identified in 11Q13 2:16, 18 with the figureof the “anointed”/”prince” mentioned in Dan. 9:25 (the lay Messiah). Melchizedek, onthe other hand, appears in 11Q13 as a divine figure on a universal, not just global,scale—one could even say like a second “God” within the created universe. As for the“messenger of good who announces salvation, saying to Zion: your God reigns” (Isa.52:7), referred to in 11Q13 2:18–24, this is probably the Teacher of Righteousness of theQumran community (the priestly Messiah).

AB - The article analyses and juxtaposes the images of the eschatological soteriological figures of Melchizedek in 11QMelchizedek (11Q13) and the “Son of God” in4QApocryphon of Daniel (4Q246). Identifying the differences in the soteriological concepts reflected in 11Q13 and 4Q246, the author reaches the following main conclusions.God the Creator is transcendent to creation; Melchizedek is predominantly the spiritualhead of the entire Universe (cf. also 4Q521, frag. 2, 2:1 of the “Messiah” of the Lord),who during the Eschaton will put an end to all the dark forces of creation led by Belial,atone for the sins of the worthy and retaliate against the sinful. As for the “Son of God”in 4Q246, his mission is mainly directed to earthly affairs, albeit on a global scale; heappears as a lay and military leader who comes at a critical moment to the aid of God’speople and is called to establish a just and righteous world order and in fact to becomethe sovereign of the united earthly kingdom. To a certain extent the image of the “Son ofGod” in 4Q246 may be compared with the personality of the eschatological “messengerwho announces peace (שלום) “(Isa. 52:7), i.e. establishes socio-political welfare on earth(cf., e.g., 4Q246, frag. 2, 2:5–6), and who is identified in 11Q13 2:16, 18 with the figureof the “anointed”/”prince” mentioned in Dan. 9:25 (the lay Messiah). Melchizedek, onthe other hand, appears in 11Q13 as a divine figure on a universal, not just global,scale—one could even say like a second “God” within the created universe. As for the“messenger of good who announces salvation, saying to Zion: your God reigns” (Isa.52:7), referred to in 11Q13 2:18–24, this is probably the Teacher of Righteousness of theQumran community (the priestly Messiah).

KW - 11QMelchizedek (11Q13)

KW - 4QApocryphon of Daniel (4Q246)

KW - Eschatology

KW - Messianism

KW - Prophetism

KW - Soteriology

KW - The Qumran Community

KW - The Teacher of Righteousness

KW - the Qumran Community

KW - soteriology

KW - the Teacher of Righteousness

KW - messianism

KW - eschatology

KW - prophetism

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U2 - 10.25205/1995-4328-2021-15-2-625-642

DO - 10.25205/1995-4328-2021-15-2-625-642

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85109277228

VL - 15

SP - 625

EP - 642

JO - SCHOLE. ФИЛОСОФСКОЕ АНТИКОВЕДЕНИЕ И КЛАССИЧЕСКАЯ ТРАДИЦИЯ

JF - SCHOLE. ФИЛОСОФСКОЕ АНТИКОВЕДЕНИЕ И КЛАССИЧЕСКАЯ ТРАДИЦИЯ

SN - 1995-4328

IS - 2

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