Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

Name: Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
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ISBN: 9780141197319

ISBN-10: 0141197315

ISBN-13: 9780141197319

Edition: 7th 2011

Authors: Trans Vermes, Geza Vermes

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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus. Some sixty years after the Scrolls' first discovery, this revised and much expanded edition of The Dead Sea Scrolls in English crowns a lifetime of research by the great Qumran scholar Geza Vermes.As well as superb translations of all non-biblical texts sufficiently well preserved to be rendered into English, there are also a number…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date: 1/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 698
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Geza Vermes was born in Hungary in 1924, and was the first professor of Jewish studies at Oxford. He is the author of The Changing Faces of Jesusand The Authentic Gospel of Jesus.