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The Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, and the Essenes / Magen Broshi ; translated from the Hebrew by Fern Seckbach.
Penn Museum Library BM487 .B6675 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broshi, Magen.
- Series:
- Treasures of the past series.
- Treasures of the past series
- Standardized Title:
- Megilot ha-genuzot, Ḳumran ṿeha-Isiyim. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Essenes.
- Qumran community.
- Physical Description:
- 156 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Yad Ben-Zvi Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Site and its excavation
- History of the sect, its beliefs, and way of life
- Types of scrolls
- The disputes of the Pharisees and their heirs, the rabbis, with Essene Jewish law
- Essene influence on Christianity
- Scrolls as a historical source
- Dead Sea scrolls: research and controversies
- A day in the life of Hananiah Nothos: a story.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-153) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789652173454
- 9652173452
- OCLC:
- 823379543
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