The Dead Sea Scrolls
Subtitle: An Essential Guide (Essential Guides)
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: July 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780687494491
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Judaism; Sacred texts; Religion; Christianity - Literature; Christianity - History - General; Christianity - Literature & the Arts
Description: The discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert -- Archaeology of the Qumran site: the caves, buildings, and cemeteries -- Dating the scrolls found at Qumran -- The Bible before the scrolls -- The Biblical scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the Biblical text -- The scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha -- The shape and contents of the Scriptures used at Qumran -- The Nonbiblical scrolls -- The movement associated with Qumran and its place in early Judaism -- Religious thought and practice reflected in the Qumran scrolls.