 | John J. Gunther - 1973 - 346 pagini
...wisdom and truth. These attributes are expressed through the mysteries of the divine plan of history. "From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall be, and before (beings) were, He established all their design" (1QS 3.15). One of God's marvelous mysterious... | |
 | C. F. D. Moule - 1982 - 354 pagini
...Ti'IT - a i-rias natfnas annirnV ani-mi (16) -II VV1-IT ! ' TI'X (pointing from Lohse, Die Texte). 'From the God of knowledge comes all that is and shall...it is in accord with His glorious design that they fulfil their work' (translation from G. Vermes).37 But even here, the immediate sense of K'?a is no... | |
 | Howard Clark Kee - 1983 - 248 pagini
...point of view and of man's place within God's creative purpose is offered in the opening part of IQS : From the God of knowledge comes all that is and shall be, and before beings were, he established all their design. And when they are, they fulfil their task... | |
 | Wayne A. Meeks - 1986 - 188 pagini
...upon the context. For the Essenes the choice to enter a virtuous life is not available to everyone. From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall...it is in accord with his glorious design that they fulfill their work. (1QS 3.15f.) Nor is the pursuit of virtue a craft that can be mastered and whose... | |
 | Francis Watson - 1989 - 264 pagini
...(1QS 2:1, 4-5). Whether one walks in righteousness or wickedness depends on divine predestination: 'From the God of knowledge comes all that is and shall be', and he has appointed for man 'two spirits', ie 'the spirits of truth and falsehood' (1QS 3:15, 18-19).... | |
 | 1989 - 620 pagini
...this is condensed in a well-known passage of the Qumran Community Rule, which runs in part as follows: "From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall...ever they existed He established their whole' design . . . He has created man to govern the world, and has appointed for him two spirits in which to walk... | |
 | Jeffrey Burton Russell - 1992 - 308 pagini
...the cosmic warfare between two opposing spirits, one goodness and light, the other evil and darkness. "From the God of knowledge comes all that is and shall be. ... He has created man to govern the world and has appointed for him two spirits in which to walk until... | |
 | Leonhard Goppelt - 1993 - 432 pagini
...comes all lhal is and will be. Before they existed he established their whole design, and when, as is ordained for them, they come into being, it is in...design that they accomplish their task without change" (1QS 3:15f.). 37. Lev. 6:20; IV Kgdms. 9:33; Ps. 50:9 LXX; cf. С. Hunzinger, "èavtiÇco," TDNT VI,... | |
 | James C. VanderKam - 1994 - 244 pagini
...and one of darkness — is elaborated at length in an oft-quoted section of the scroll (3.13-4.26). "From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall...design that they accomplish their task without change. The laws of all things are in His hand and He provides them with all their needs" (3.15-17; p. 64).... | |
 | Charles H. Talbert - 1994 - 140 pagini
...should happen in human history (1 Enoch 5:2, "as God has decreed, so everything is done"; 1QS 3:16, "when, as ordained for them, they come into being, it is in accord with His gracious design"; 4:18, "God has ordained an end for falsehood"; 4:25, "until the determined end";... | |
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From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall be. Before ever they existed He established their whole design, and when, as ordained for them, they come into being, it is in accord with His glorious design that they accomplish their task without... 
