Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls

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About This Book

The second edition of this fascinating book is the ideal introduction to the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and their impact on our understanding of the rise of Christianity.

  • Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general reader.
  • Explains how revolutionary the discovery of the Scrolls was and their enduring significance.
  • Sets the Scrolls within the wider context of Jewish history and religion of the second temple period.
  • Now expanded to include additional material about the scrolls themselves and recent theories about the community behind them.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
ISBN
9780470775257
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Plates
  3. List of Maps and Figure
  4. Text Acknowledgements
  5. Author’s Acknowledgements
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1 What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
  8. 2 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible
  9. 3 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes
  10. 4 An Essene Community at Qumran
  11. 5 The Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism
  12. 6 Christianity Reconsidered
  13. 7 Controversy and Conspiracy
  14. Appendix
  15. Further Reading
  16. Notes
  17. Index