The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English - Couverture souple

Vermes, Geza

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140449523 ISBN 13 : 9780140449525

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2004

Synopsis

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus. Some sixty years after the Scrolls' first discovery, this revised and much expanded edition of The Dead Sea Scrolls in English crowns a lifetime of research by the great Qumran scholar Geza Vermes.

As well as superb translations of all non-biblical texts sufficiently well preserved to be rendered into English, there are also a number of previously unpublished texts, and a new preface.

Since its first publication in 1962, The Dead Sea Scrolls in English has established itself as the standard English translation of the non-Biblical Qumran Scrolls and as giving an astonishing insight to the organization, customs, history and beliefs of the community responsible for them. This edition will contain new material, together with extensive new introductory material and notes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geza Vermes was born in Hungary in 1924. He studied in Budapest and Louvain. He was the first Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford. His other books published by Penguin are The Changing Faces of Jesus and The Authentic Gospel of Jesus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140449523
• ISBN 13: 9780140449525
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 720
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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