The Dead Sea Scrolls: a very short introduction

by Lim, Timothy H.

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Full title :The Dead Sea Scrolls : a very short introduction / Timothy H. Lin.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

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The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 147 pages : : illustrations, cartes ; : 18 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198779520, 0198779526
oclc:on1033420780
LC Classification:BM487
Dewey Decimal:296.155

The Dead Sea Scrolls as cultural icon -- The archaeological site and caves -- On scrolls and fragments -- New light on the Hebrew Bible -- The canon, authoritative scriptures, and the scrolls -- Who owned the scrolls? -- Literary compositions of the scrolls collections -- Jewish sectarianism in the Second Temple Period -- The communities of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- The religious beliefs of the sectarian communities -- The scrolls and early Christianity -- The greatest manuscript discovery.