Fortress Press

An Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls

An Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls

Geza Vermes (Author)

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This thoroughly revised and updated version of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective is useful as a textbook for courses in Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible, or the New Testament. It has been a standard work in the field for the past thirty years.
  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800632298
  • Pages 288
  • Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
  • Publication Date November 19, 1999

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"This marvelous book brings us up-to-date on the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, taking its place at the head of the line in introductions to the subject . . . Students will be grateful for the interesting way in which issues are laid forth, a classic of elegant exposition of scholarly problems."
--Jacob Neusner,
Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Table of Contents

The Dead Sea Scrolls: 1947–1999

Authenticity and Dating of the Scrolls

The Qumran Library

The Community

Identification of the Community

The History of the Community

The Religious Ideas of the Community

Qumran and Biblical Studies

Scrolls Catalog
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