The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls,9780060684655

The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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ISBN13: 9780060684655
ISBN10: 0060684658
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The story of the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls has become a part of Western lore. Who has not heard about the Bedouin shepherd who threw a rock into a cave, heard a crash, went in to explore, and found the scrolls? The story in that form may be accurate, but it turns out to be something of a simplification. As a matter of fact, much remains unknown about the exact circumstances under which those scrolls were discovered. The story of the discovery at first deals with just one cave; the other ten were located at later times.

Author Biography

James Vanderkam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Emanuel Tov
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii
PART ONE Discoveries, Dating, Archeology, and New Methods
The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
3(17)
Dating the Dead Sea Scrolls
20(14)
Archeology of the Qumran Site
34(21)
Technology and the Dead Sea Scrolls
55(32)
PART TWO The Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Before the Scrolls
87(16)
The Biblical Scrolls and the Text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
103(51)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
154(28)
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Dead Sea Scrolls
182(27)
PART THREE The Nonbiblical Scrolls and Their Message
A Survey of the Nonbiblical Scrolls
209(30)
Identifying the Group Associated with Qumran
239(16)
The Theology or Belief System of the Qumran Group
255(20)
The Qumran Group Within Early Judaism
275(18)
Biblical Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls
293(18)
PART FOUR The Scrolls and the New Testament
Were New Testament Scrolls Found at Qumran?
311(10)
Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Gospels and Qumran
321(25)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Other New Testament Books: Acts and the Letters
346(16)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Revelation
362(19)
PART FIVE Controversies About the Dead Sea Scrolls
Scroll Wars
381(58)
APPENDIXES
I Index of Passages in the Biblical Scrolls from the Judean Desert
407(17)
II Index of Passages from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Scrolls
424(3)
III Quotations and Allusions in the Nonbiblical Scrolls
427(7)
IV Translations and Editions of the Dead Sea Scrolls
434(5)
Notes 439(18)
Index 457

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