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Overview
The Dead Sea Scrolls is a comprehensive guide to the meaning and significance of one of the most fascinating and controversial archaeological discoveries of the last century. - Provides an overview of the contents of the scrolls - Explores why the scrolls were written and when: are they from the time of Christ or are they copies of much older texts? - Explores the links between the ideas contained in the scrolls, orthodox Judaism and the origins of Christianity - Describes the excavations of the scrolls and what has been learnt about the religious community based at the site -Analyses the controversy surrounding access to, and publication of, the scrolls in their entirety - Features interviews with the major Dead Sea Scroll scholars and explains the key interpretations - Explores in detail the two most extraordinary documents in the collection: the War Scroll and the Temple Scroll, and analyses their descriptions of apocalypse and disaster - Reproduces key selected passages from the scrolls together with the different interpretations of them by scholars - Provides maps, diagrams and plates of the excavations and the scrolls themselves
| ISBN-13 | 9780749922603 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0749922605 |
| Weight | 0.63 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.31 x 0.75 x 8.50 In |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 208 pages |
| Publisher | Piatkus |
| Published On | 2002-02-21 |
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