Biblica_1:Layout 1 21-11-2011 12:59 Pagina 409 409 “SEEK HIS KINGDOM” Adam” (1QS 4,22-23; CD 3,20; 1QH 4,15), which is described as “a crown of glory with majestic raiment in eternal light” (1QS 4,7-8). 1QS clearly envisions an eschatological “renewal” (1QS 4,25), a profound transformation of the community, when “all the glory of Adam” will be “theirs”, i.e., when the original human de- sign would be restored. The community saw itself as a “temple of Adam”, a phrase referring to both the community as an “escha- tological sanctuary” as well as an “Adamic sanctuary of Eden re- stored” 66. Adamic speculation was clearly present in first-century Judaism. There is not enough space here to analyze in detail this Jewish Christian trajectory through late antiquity. This would take us far afield from Q. It is sufficient to note that eschatological specula- tion often involved the attainment of an ideal humanity 67. Q is at home in eschatological Judaism, and a nexus between Jesus, Wis- dom, and Adamic Christology (in Q) can help explain Jesus’ role as the one who renews the covenant between humanity (Adam) and God. * * * The wisdom traditions in Q are both sapiential and eschatolog- ical/apocalyptic. In Q 12,22b-31, traditionally identified as a wis- dom collection, Jesus encourages his followers and disciples not to be anxious about their food and clothing, but rather to “seek his kingdom”. Jesus’ assurance of God’s providence seems to fly in the face of “worldly” wisdom, where diligent labor is rewarded. Yet Jesus is also identified as the “Son of God” in Q, and this title in Q is not just a sapiential “son of God”, but “the Son” in an ex- clusive, absolute sense. This “Sonship” is more appropriately un- derstood as a confluence of an Adamic identification with the 66 M. WISE, “4QFlorilegium and the Temple of Adam,” RevQ 15 (1991) 103- 32; G. BROOKE, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (Minneapolis, MN 2005) 243, 245; “Miqdash Adam, Eden and the Qumran Community”, Gemeinde ohne Tempel-Community without Temple. Zur Substituierung und Transformation des Jerusalemer Tempels und seines Kultes im Alten Testament, antiken Judentum und fruhen Christentum (eds. B. EGO et al.) (WUNT 118; Tübingen 1999) 285-230. 67 A.R.G. DEASLEY, The Shape of Qumran Theology (Carlisle, PE 2000) 291.