The Dead Sea Scrolls in English: Revised And Extended Fourth Edition (Penguin religion) - Softcover

Vermes, Geza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140237305 ISBN 13: 9780140237306

Publisher: Penguin, 1995

Synopsis

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls between 1947 and 1956 transformed the study of the Bible, early post-biblical Judaism and the beginnings of Christianity. Written in Hebrew and Aramaic, and dating roughly from 200 BC to the mid first-century AD, they afford insight into Palestinian Jewish life and ideology. This revised edition includes 26 newly translated scroll texts, an introduction discussing developments in Qumran scholarship, and an inventory of all the scrolls made available in 1991.

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About the Author:

Geza Vermes was Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, UK and was one of the worlds greatest experts on the historical Jesus, Christian beginnings, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. With the publication of Jesus the Jew (1973) he introduced the idea of Jesus as a 1st century Jewish holy man to the general public. His book The Dead Sea Scrolls in English (1962) introduced the English reader to the Scrolls, going on to sell over half a million copies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140237305
• ISBN 13: 9780140237306
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 464