The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780802846501
Subjects: History of religion; Judaism; Religion; Dead Sea Scrolls; Religion - World Religions; Christianity - General; Comparative Religion; Judaism - Sacred Writings; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Relation to the New Testament; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament
First sentence: More than fifty years have passed since scrolls and fragments were first discovered by a Bedouin in 1947 in a cave close to the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine.
Description: "This volume collects twelve studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls by Joseph Fitzmyer, including a new, never-before-published essay on Qumran messianism. A pioneer in the field of Scrolls research and well known for his work in Aramaic studies and in the Semitic background of the New Testament, Fitzmyer here explores particularly how the Scrolls have shed light on the Qumran community itself, on the interpretation of significant biblical themes, and on the rise of early Christianity.

Originally written to appeal to both scholars and general readers interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls, all of the articles in this volume have been updated to take into account current discussions of this extraordinary archaeological find."--BOOK JACKET.