Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology Review - Couverture souple

Shanks, Hershel

 
9780679744450: Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology Review
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0679744452 ISBN 13 : 9780679744450
Editeur : Random House Inc, 1993

Synopsis

New York. 18 cm. xxxviii, 336 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. a reader from the Biblical archaeology review /. 1st Vintage Books ed. July 1993 --T. p. verso. Originally published: New York : Random House, c1992. Portions of this work were previously published in Biblical archaeology review and Bible review --T. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291 -311) and index .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0679744452 (pbk.)

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A groundbreaking anthology that demolishes the myths -- and reveals the true significance -- of the greatest archaeological discovery of our time.

Ever since their initial discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused excitement, jealousy, and not a little dread among some who feared their contents might undermine the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. For more than 35 years the majority of scroll texts remained the intellectual property of an exclusive coterie of scholars. Recently, however, the Biblical Archaeology Review succeeded in breaking that monopoly.

This path-clearing volume is an illuminating assessment of what these texts reveal about a lost era in the history of two world religions, Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. Were the Dead Sea Scrolls written by the Essenes, an ascetic sect of Jews that may have included John the Baptist among its members? Is the Copper Scroll a secret map to the treasures of the Jerusalem Temple? In what way do these books prefigure the teachings of early Christianity? Additional chapters address the controversies surrounding the Scrolls' discovery and their long suppression -- including the possible role of the Vatican and charges of anti-Semitism on the part of a former chief editor of the official scroll publication team.

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Éditeur
Random House Inc
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0679744452
ISBN 13 
9780679744450
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
337
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0679414487 ISBN 13 :  9780679414483
Editeur : Random House Inc, 1992
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