The Dead Sea scrolls : a biography / John J. Collins.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Lives of great religious booksPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]Description: xiv, 272 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691143675 (hardcover)
  • 0691143676 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Dead Sea scrolls.LOC classification:
  • BM 487 .C564 2013
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and indexes.

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.

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.

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