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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830091403321

Autore

Campbell Jonathan G

Titolo

Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN

1-281-31040-9

9786611310400

0-470-70506-X

0-470-77346-4

0-470-77525-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

296.155

Soggetti

Qumran community

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps and Figure; Text Acknowledgements; Author's Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?; 2 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible; 3 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes; 4 An Essene Community at Qumran; 5 The Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism; 6 Christianity Reconsidered; 7 Controversy and Conspiracy; Appendix; Further Reading; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of this fascinating book is the ideal introduction to the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and their impact on our understanding of the rise of Christianity.Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general reader. Explains how revolutionary the discovery of the Scrolls was and their enduring significance. Sets the Scrolls within the wider context of Jewish history and religion of the second temple period. Now expanded to include additional material about the scrolls themselves and recent theories about the communi