The meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls : their significance for understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity /
VanderKam, James C.
The meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls : their significance for understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity / James C. VanderKam and Peter Flint. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, - xii, 467 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Discoveries, dating, archeology, and new methods -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture -- The nonbiblical scrolls and their message -- The scrolls and the New Testament -- Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Drawing together all the evidence, this timely book explores: The discovery and dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls; their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament; their messianic and apocalyptic messages; the identity, nature, and theology of the Qumran community; the nonbiblical scrolls; and controversies surrounding the scrolls. This comprehensive, guide provides an introduction to all aspects of the scrolls, including their teachings, the community that created them, the world of Judaism, the origins of Christianity, and our understanding of Jesus and the New Testament. Features photos of the original texts, the sites, and the scholars who deciphered them, and includes illustrative passages from the scrolls.
006068464X 9780060684648 0060684658 9780060684655
2002069730
2004017655X can
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.
Manuscrits de la mer Morte.
Qumrantexte
Bible.--Old Testament.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Qumran community.
Qumran community.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Nonfiction.
BM487 / .V27 2002
296.1/55
The meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls : their significance for understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity / James C. VanderKam and Peter Flint. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, - xii, 467 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Discoveries, dating, archeology, and new methods -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture -- The nonbiblical scrolls and their message -- The scrolls and the New Testament -- Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Drawing together all the evidence, this timely book explores: The discovery and dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls; their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament; their messianic and apocalyptic messages; the identity, nature, and theology of the Qumran community; the nonbiblical scrolls; and controversies surrounding the scrolls. This comprehensive, guide provides an introduction to all aspects of the scrolls, including their teachings, the community that created them, the world of Judaism, the origins of Christianity, and our understanding of Jesus and the New Testament. Features photos of the original texts, the sites, and the scholars who deciphered them, and includes illustrative passages from the scrolls.
006068464X 9780060684648 0060684658 9780060684655
2002069730
2004017655X can
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.
Manuscrits de la mer Morte.
Qumrantexte
Bible.--Old Testament.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Qumran community.
Qumran community.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Nonfiction.
BM487 / .V27 2002
296.1/55