An edition of Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? (1995)

Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?

the search for the secret of Qumran

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An edition of Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? (1995)

Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?

the search for the secret of Qumran

1st Touchstone ed.
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English
Pages
460

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Cover of: Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?
Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Search For The Secret Of Qumran
June 20, 1996, Touchstone
Paperback in English - 1st Touchstone Ed edition
Cover of: Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?
Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?: the search for the secret of Qumran
1996, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
Cover of: Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?
Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?: the search for the secret of Qumran
1995, Scribner
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Table of Contents

The Qumran Plateau
The manuscripts of the Jews
1947: the first scroll discoveries
The Qumran-Essene theory: a paradigm reconsidered
The Copper Scroll, the Masada manuscripts, and the siege of Jerusalem
Scroll origins: Rengstorf's theory and Edmund Wilson's response
The Temple Scroll, the Acts of Torah, and the Qumranologists' dilemma
Power politics and the collapse of the scrolls monopoly
Myth and science in the world of Qumranology
The deepening scrolls controversy
The New York conference and some academic intrigues
The importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Judaism, Christianity, and the Scrolls.

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"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-445) and index.

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New York, NY

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xvi, 460 p. :
Number of pages
460

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OL15391981M
Internet Archive
whowrotedeadseas0000golb
ISBN 10
0684806924
OCLC/WorldCat
35047608
Library Thing
148158
Goodreads
385500

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Spread out below the escarpment where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, Khirbet Qumran dominates the sea's northwestern shore.
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