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Discovery in the Judean desert / Géza Vermès.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
- Standardized Title:
- Manuscrits du désert de Juda. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Qumran literature.
- Physical Description:
- 237 pages : plates, map, facsimiles ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Desclee Company, 1956.
- Contents:
- First part : Discovery in the Judean desert. Successive discoveries in the desert of Judah
- The dating problem
- The Qumran community
- The historical background of the Qumran manuscripts
- The teacher of righteousness
- The search for God
- Second part : The texts. The "Habakkuk commentary"
- The Manual of Discipline
- The Damascus Document
- Thanksgiving Hymns
- The War of the Sons of Light with the Sons of Darkness
- A fragment from an unknown work
- Appendix : Two documents from Murabba'at
- Supplementary notes. The doctrinal traditions of Qumran in the light of recently published data
- The eschatological war and the Kittim of Ashur
- Admission into the Army of Light
- Sacrificial worship
- The angels, the sword of God, and final victory
- The teacher in the Hymns' scroll
- The expectation of a messianic prophet.
- Notes:
- "The texts": pages [121]-202.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237).
- Contains:
- Dead Sea scrolls. Selections. English.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Vermès, Géza, 1924- Discovery in the Judean desert.
- OCLC:
- 1113998
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