Dead sea scrolls [electronic resource] . Volume 1, 1947-1960 : a full history / [by Weston W. Fields].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fields, Weston W.

Series:

Brill eBook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls? When and where were they discovered? How were they saved? Who bought them and who paid for them? Who has them now and who owns them? Will more be discovered? Have all the scrolls been published? Are some still hidden away? Were there conspiracies to suppress some scrolls? Preceded by The Dead Sea Scrolls, A Short History, The Dead Sea Scrolls, A Full History, volume 1, is the first of a projected two volumes offering a more complete account of the discovery of the scrolls and their history over the past 60 years since the first scrolls were discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Weston W. Fields

Chapter 1: First Discoveries at Qumran / E. L. Sukenik

Chapter 2: The Mystery of Cave 1 / Gerald Lankester Harding

Chapter 3: Discoveries at Wadi Murabba’at / Father Roland de Vaux

Chapter 4: The Bountiful Year / Father Roland de Vaux

Chapter 5: More Acquisition and Decipherment / Father Roland de Vaux

Chapter 6: The Cave 4 Team / Father Maurice Baillet

Chapter 7: The St. Mark’s Scrolls Return / Frank M. Cross

Chapter 8: The Most Productive Year / Gerald Lankester Harding

Chapter 9: Cave 4 Work Continues But is Stopped by the Suez Crisis / John Allegro

Chapter 10: Regrouping After Suez / Father Roland de Vaux

Chapter 11: The Last Cave 4 Scrolls / Father Roland de Vaux

Chapter 12: The Museum is on the Brink / Father Roland de Vaux

Chaptec 13: A Ray of Hope for the Museum / Father Jean Starcky

Postscript / Weston W. Fields

Timeline / Weston W. Fields

Abbreviations / Weston W. Fields

Endnotes / Weston W. Fields

Scrolls Ledger / Weston W. Fields

Glossary / Weston W. Fields

Index / Weston W. Fields.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-19374-X

OCLC:

833765444

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004193741 DOI