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- catalog abstract ""Although almost everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, few people can explain what they say or why they are significant. In The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hershel Shanks, the distinguished editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, gives a vivid account of their religious and historical context and their dissemination, meaning, and implications." "Of the eight hundred manuscripts that were eventually found, fewer than a dozen were more or less intact. The rest were mere fragments, many no bigger than a fingernail. The scrolls contain a vast array of bewildering new material: unknown psalms, biblical commentaries, calendrical texts, and apocalyptic manuscripts, many of which seem to foreshadow Christian doctrine. Over two hundred biblical manuscripts were hidden in the Qumran caves, some dramatically different from accounts in the Bible." "This is a clear, definitive account, from beginning to end, for the layperson as well as the scholar, of the mystery and meaning of the scrolls."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10759411.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""Although almost everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, few people can explain what they say or why they are significant. In The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hershel Shanks, the distinguished editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, gives a vivid account of their religious and historical context and their dissemination, meaning, and implications." "Of the eight hundred manuscripts that were eventually found, fewer than a dozen were more or less intact. The rest were mere fragments, many no bigger than a fingernail. The scrolls contain a vast array of bewildering new material: unknown psalms, biblical commentaries, calendrical texts, and apocalyptic manuscripts, many of which seem to foreshadow Christian doctrine. Over two hundred biblical manuscripts were hidden in the Qumran caves, some dramatically different from accounts in the Bible." "This is a clear, definitive account, from beginning to end, for the layperson as well as the scholar, of the mystery and meaning of the scrolls."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Exploring the legend -- Archaeologists vs. Bedouin -- The team at work -- Freeing the scrolls -- Undermining Christian faith--of a certain kind? -- An Essene library? -- The archaeology of Qumran -- An uncertain conclusion -- Undermining the Jewish Bible -- Illuminating Judaism -- Treasure search : the Copper scroll -- Looking toward the future.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 246 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mystery and meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls.".
- catalog identifier "0679457577".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mystery and meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Mystery and meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls.".
- catalog subject "296.1/55 21".
- catalog subject "BM487 .S453 1998".
- catalog subject "Dead Sea scrolls.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Exploring the legend -- Archaeologists vs. Bedouin -- The team at work -- Freeing the scrolls -- Undermining Christian faith--of a certain kind? -- An Essene library? -- The archaeology of Qumran -- An uncertain conclusion -- Undermining the Jewish Bible -- Illuminating Judaism -- Treasure search : the Copper scroll -- Looking toward the future.".
- catalog title "The mystery and meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls / Hershel Shanks.".
- catalog type "text".