The impact of the Dead Sea scrolls
By: Joseph A. Fitzmyer.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780809146154
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls; Dead Sea scrolls -- Relation to the New Testament; Qumran community
Description: "Since 1957, Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J., has done extensive study and research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, along with having written many publications on this topic. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the considerations and implications of how these important and historically significant findings impact biblical studies and ancient archaeology are presented by this renowned scholar."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Dead Sea scrolls: terminology, discovery, and dating; title: The Dead Dea scrolls: archaeology, the excavation of Khirbet Qumran; title: The Palestinian Jewish sect of the Essenes: history and organization; title: The languages of the scrolls; title: The Scriptures in the scrolls: Old Testament, Targums, Canon; title: The use and interpretation of Scripture in the sect; title: Apocryphal, sapiential, liturgical, and eschatological literature; title: Beliefs and practices of the sect: dualism, eschatology, messianism, calendar; title: The scrolls and Christianity: John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, New Testament; title: The scrolls and the writings of Paul of Tarsus; title: The scrolls and Johannine writings; title: The scrolls and other Christian writings; title: The copper scroll; title: The end of the Qumran community.