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The Scepter and the Star: Messianism in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Asian American who introduces them to hisJohn J. Collins here offers an up to date review of Jewish messianic expectations around the time of Jesus, in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He breaks these expectations down into categories: Davidic, priestly, and prophetic. Based on a small number of prophetic oracles and reflected in the various titles and names assigned to the messiah, the Davidic model holds a clear expectation that the messiah figure would play a militant role. In sectarian