The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in caves near the Dead Sea fifteen miles east of Jerusalem from 1947 to 1956, include the oldest existing biblical manuscripts and the remarkable texts of the purist Jewish community at Qumran. The discovery of the scrolls has added dramatically to our understanding of the varieties of Judaism at the time of Jesus and the rise of Christianity, but has also prompted heated debate about the nature of these religions. As the monumental task of transcribing and translating the Dead Sea Scrolls is finally completed, people around the world are taking stock of the significance of these ancient documents. In this book, two of the world's leading experts on the scrolls reveal the complete and fascinating story in all its detail: the amazing discovery, the intense controversies, and the significant revelations.
Drawing together all the evidence, this timely book explores:
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<li> The discovery and dating of the scrolls</li> <li> Their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament</li> <li> Their messianic and apocalyptic messages</li> <li> The identity, nature, and theology of the Qumran community</li> <li> The nonbiblical scrolls</li> <li> Controversies surrounding the scrolls</li>
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This comprehensive, up-to-date guide is the definitive introduction to all aspects of the scrolls, including their teachings, the community that created them, the world of Judaism, the origins of Christianity, our understanding of Jesus and the New Testament. Featuring photos of the original texts, the sites, and the scholars who deciphered them, and including illustrative passages from the scrolls, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls presents the most complete and accurate scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls available today.

History

VanderKaM, James

FLINT, Peter

Ancient Civilizations

HarperOne

The story of the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls has become a part of Western lore. Who has not heard about the Bedouin shepherd who threw a rock into a cave, heard a crash, went in to explore, and found the scrolls? The story in that form may be accurate, but it turns out to be something of a simplification. As a matter of fact, much remains unknown about the exact circumstances under which those scrolls were discovered. The story of the discovery at first deals with just one cave; the other ten were located at later times.

This volume, the latest in this pathbreaking series, contains a collection of compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran, written during the Second Temple Period and linked to the Hebrew Bible through text, characters, themes, or genre. Some were completely unknown before their discovery here. The documents greatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation at this period.

Qumran Cave 4: VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part I (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

Attridge, Harold

Elgvin, Torleif

Milik, Jozef

Olyan, Saul

Strugnell, John

Tov, Emanuel

White, Sidnie

Clarendon Press

The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish retelling of Genesis and the first half of Exodus, was an important work for the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This Guide, following the format of this successful series, gives an introduction to Jubilees that covers it

Book of Jubilees (Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Sheffield Academic+press

Desde su descubrimiento y primera publicacion a comienzos de los anos cincuenta del siglo pasado, los rollos del Mar Muerto han constituido un preciado objeto de estudio e indagacion que, en mas de una ocasion, ha trascendido del ambito academico para convertirse en foco de atencion de un publico amplio. La investigacion en torno a los rollos ha supuesto importantes revelaciones sobre las variedades del judaismo en tiempos de Jesus asi como sobre el surgimiento del cristianismo, promoviendo tambien un acalorado debate sobre estos temas. La necesidad de una nueva introduccion a los rollos que tuviera en cuenta todos estos textos como biblioteca y que incorporara las discusiones cientificas y los avances tecnologicos mas recientes se ha ido haciendo paulatinamente patente. El significado de los rollos del Mar Muerto responde a este proposito. Analiza 350 textos qumranicos y describe las sociedades y culturas en que fueron compuestos, incorporando fotografias de los textos originales y de los lugares en que fueron hallados, ademas de numerosas tablas en que se recogen pasajes ilustrativos de los rollos, cronologias y otros datos de interes.

El significado de los rollos del Mar Muerto: Su importancia para entender la Biblia, el judaísmo, Jesús, y el cristianismo (Spanish Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Editorial Trotta, S.A.

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