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The Essenes, the scrolls, and the Dead Sea / Joan E. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Joan E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Essenes.
- Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan)--History.
- Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (439 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls remains, over 60 years after their rediscovery. Who hid them and why? This book reinvigorates the contested hypothesis that the Essenes were responsible. Rather than being a marginal esoteric sect, Taylor shows that this group acted as one of the leading legal schools of Judaism.
- Contents:
- pt. I. The Essenes in ancient literature
- pt. II. The Dead Sea, the Essenes, and the scrolls.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Oct. 30, 2012).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-68909-X
- 0-19-161190-5
- 0-19-955448-X
- OCLC:
- 813957832
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