Screen LibraryThe Dead Sea scrolls : a biography /
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 signifi...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lives of great religious books
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 272 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and indexes. |
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9780691143675 (hardcover) : 0691143676 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | BM487 |
| CLC: | B985 |
| Call Number: | B985/C712 |
| Contents: | The Discovery of the Scrolls -- The Essenes -- The Site of Qumran -- The Scrolls and Christianity -- The Scrolls and Judaism -- The Scrolls and the Bible -- The Battle for the Scrolls -- Appendix. Personalities in the Discovery and Subsequent Controversies. |