The Essenes, the scrolls, and the Dead Sea

Pt. I. The Essenes in ancient literature. 'A peculiar problem' : a short history of scholarship on the Essenes

Philo of Alexandria

Josephus

The Herodians of the Gospel of Mark

Pliny

Dio Chrysostom, Synesius, and Julius Solinus

Christian and Jewish writings from the second to fifth centuries

Conclusions : the essential Essenes

pt. II. The Dead Sea, the Essenes, and the scrolls. The history of the Dead Sea

Essenes beside the Dead Sea : Qumran

The Dead Sea scrolls

'Roots, remedies and properties of stones' : Dead Sea healing

General conclusions.