The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context
| Author | : Timothy Lim |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2004-10-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0567080781 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780567080783 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (783 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context written by Timothy Lim and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and what do we know about the community that possessed them? Avoiding both popular sensationalism and specialist technical language, this book aims to integrate all the latest findings about the scrolls into existing knowledge of the period, to advance understanding of the scrolls and the Qumran community, and to explore their wider significance in a scholarly and accessible way. The "state of the art" in international scrolls scholarship. Contributors include E.P. Sanders, Eugene Ulrich, George Brooke, and John J. Collins.
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