The Dead Sea scrolls
Subtitle: a biography
By: John J. Collins
Series: Lives of great religious books
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780691143675
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls
Description: Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination-- and controversy-- than perhaps any other archaeological find. Collins sheds light on the bitter conflicts that have swirled around the scrolls, and sheds lights on their true significance for Jewish and Christian history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Discovery of the Scrolls; title: The Essenes; title: The Site of Qumran; title: The Scrolls and Christianity; title: The Scrolls and Judaism; title: The Scrolls and the Bible; title: The Battle for the Scrolls; title: Appendix. Personalities in the Discovery and Subsequent Controversies.