Christopher S. Atkins

Hellenistic Philosophy and Ancient Jewish Anthropology

This article addresses one of, if not the most discussed passages among the Dead Sea Scrolls: 1 QS  3:13–4:26, “The Treatise on the Two Spirits.” I argue that, although scholars have centered the “two spirits” and “dualism” in their interpretations, the Treatise concerns the two spirits only insofar as the two sp...