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Scrolls, scriptures and early Christianity / Géza Vermès.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 56.
- Library of Second Temple studies ; 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Qumran community.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Essenes.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T & T Clark International, [2005]
- Summary:
- A collection of essays offering an overview of Dead Sea Scrolls research, ranging from an examination of 'The Essenes in History' to a study of 'Biblical Proof-Texts in Qumran Literature'.
- Contents:
- The present state of Dead Sea scrolls research
- Access to the Dead Sea scrolls: fifty years of personal experience
- The Essenes and history
- The leadership of the Qumran community: sons of Zadok-priests-congregation
- The Qumran community, the Essenes, and nascent Christianity
- Bible interpretation at Qumran
- Biblical proof-texts in Qumran literature
- Eschatological world view in the Dead Sea scrolls and in the New Testament.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 056708387X
- OCLC:
- 57392233
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