The story of the scrolls : the miraculous discovery and true significance of the Dead Sea scrolls /

The story of the scrolls : the miraculous discovery and true significance of the Dead Sea scrolls /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013
Imprint:	London ; New York : Penguin, 2010.
Description:	vii, 259 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Dead Sea scrolls. Dead Sea scrolls -- History. Bible -- History. Bible. Dead Sea scrolls. Church history. Qumran community -- History. Church history. Qumran community. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8007647

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ISBN:	9780141046150 (pbk.) 0141046155 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In this book, the author, relates the controversial story of their discovery and publication around the world, revealing cover-ups, blunders and academic in-fighting, but also the passion and dedication of many of those involved. He shares what he has learned about the scrolls and gives his views on their true significance and what they can teach us, as well as in those areas where scholarly consensus has not yet been reached.

Table of Contents:

The state of Biblical studies before Qumran
Epoch-making discoveries and early blunders
The Ecole Biblique, seedbed of future troubles
Somnolence
politics
scandal
The battle over the Scrolls and its aftermath
What is new in the non-sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls?
The novelty of the sectarian Scrolls
Unfinished business : archaeology
group identity
history
The Qumran revolution in the study of Biblical and post-Biblical Judaism and early Christianity.