Dead Sea scrolls : the untold story / Kenneth Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanson, Kenneth, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tulsa : Council Oak Books, [1997]

Summary:

For two thousand years, the Dead Sea Scrolls lay hidden deep in the caves of the Judean desert, unread, untouched, and forgotten. That is, until the 1940s when by sheer happenstance a Bedouin shepherd stumbled into the first of the caves and found himself faced with the jars containing these ancient Jewish texts. The rediscovery of the scrolls sent shockwaves through several religious communities, and for half a century, historians and academics poured over the mysterious texts. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story captures the excitement of this period, explaining what we have learned from these treasured works, and the truth about the ancient Hebrew sect that wrote, preserved, and died defending them.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).

ISBN:

1571780300

OCLC:

36510907