The Dead Sea Scrolls A Biography |
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Author:
| Collins, John J. |
Series title: | Lives of Great Religious Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-19171-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Unraveling the controversies surrounding the Dead Sea ScrollsSince they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination-and controversy-than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the ti
Unraveling the controversies surrounding the Dead Sea ScrollsSince they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination-and controversy-than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the ti