The Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, and the Essenes
By: Magen Broshi ; translated from the Hebrew by Fern Seckbach
Contributors: Seckbach, Fern, translator
Series: Treasures of the past series; Treasures of the past series
Publisher: Yad Ben-Zvi Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jerusalem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9789652173454
Subjects: Dode-Zeerollen; Essenen; Qumran community; Entdeckung; Qumransekte; Essener; Essenes; Dead Sea scrolls; Qumrantexte
Work titles: Megilot ha-genuzot, Ḳumran ṿeha-Isiyim
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-153) and index.
Table of contents: title: Site and its excavation; title: History of the sect, its beliefs, and way of life; title: Types of scrolls; title: The disputes of the Pharisees and their heirs, the rabbis, with Essene Jewish law; title: Essene influence on Christianity; title: Scrolls as a historical source; title: Dead Sea scrolls: research and controversies; title: A day in the life of Hananiah Nothos: a story.