2 options
Israel and The Dead Sea scrolls / Edmund Wilson ; [introduction by Leon Edel].
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM487 .W498 2000
Available
LIBRA BM487 .W498 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
- Standardized Title:
- Israel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Authors, American--Biography.
- Israel--Description and travel.
- Israel.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972--Travel--Israel.
- Wilson, Edmund.
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
- Travel.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 420 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Wakefield, R.I. : Moyer Bell ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in North America by Publishers Group West, [2000]
- Summary:
- In 1954, Edmund Wilson became intrigued by the discovery of the scrolls of the Essenes and the possibility that the Jewish sect was a precursor to Christianity. His fascination took him to Israel, where he studied the revelations of the scrolls. First published in 1955, this account presents a reconstruction of Biblical times, offering evidence that the Essenes practiced a religion very similar to Christianity.
- Notes:
- Previously published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1978, containing two works which had been published separately.
- Includes index.
- Contains:
- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972. Dead Sea scrolls, 1947-1969.
- ISBN:
- 1559212381
- OCLC:
- 41452602
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.