The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered: The First Complete Translation and Interpretation of 50 Key Documents Withheld for over 35 Years

Michael Wise; Robert Eisenman

ISBN 10: 1852303689 / ISBN 13: 9781852303686

Editore: Element Books Ltd, 1992

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1852303689I3N10

Riassunto:

The first scholar--aside from those at the Huntington Library in California--to have access to the Dead Sea Scrolls translates seventy-five of the most important manuscripts into Hebrew and English and includes a short analysis of each piece.

Product Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: From the library of L. P. Coomer with personalized bookplate to front pastedown.286 pages; Physical description. : ix, 286 p. ; 24 cm. Contents: Messianic and visionary recitals; prophets and pseudo-prophets; Biblical interpretation; calendrical texts and priestly courses; Testaments and admonitions; works reckoned as righteousness - legal texts; hymns and mysteries; divination, magic and miscellaneous. Summary: This groundbreaking volume features revelatory material--available primarily for the first time. These 50 documents cast a startling light on events in Palestine at the dawn of Christianity, alluding not only to doctrines we now recognize as Christian, but also to the precursors of Islam and Jewish Kabbalism. Photos. Subject: Dead Sea scrolls - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls - Controversial literature. Dead Sea scrolls. 4Q - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls - Controversial works. Dead Sea scrolls - Studies.

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Titolo: The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered: The First ...
Casa editrice: Element Books Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good
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