Biblical Literature, Hodayot

One of the most important Essene works is the Hodayot (�Praises�) - a modern Hebrew name for the Thanksgiving Psalms. This scroll contains sectarian hymns of praise to God. In its view of the fleshly nature of man, who can be justified only by God's undeserved grace, it resembles St. Paul's approach to the same problem. Some scholars think that the work, or a part of it, was written