Abstract
The Dead Sea Scrolls do not use the term of Man. This chapter explores the possibility that 11QMelch contains or implies a figure like those in the Son of Man tradition of the Hebrew Bible and Enoch . It also examines whether the figure in 11QMelch is associated with the messiahs of the Hodayot and the War Scroll . Since those are suffering messiahs, the chapter examines the possible presence of a Son-of- Man-like-figure in the Dead Sea Scrolls. If such a figure is present, this would seem to be the first instance in Second Temple Judaism in which a suffering servant is associated with the promised Messiah. The Parables of Enoch , which elaborate the Danielic tradition of the exalted Son of Man, since it was not present at Qumran, must have been an addition to the Essene literature outside of Qumran, namely, among the urban Essenes. Keywords:11QMelch; Daniel; Dead Sea Scrolls; Essene literature; Qumran; temple apocalyptic Judaism
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