Scrolls, Scriptures and Early Christianity: 56 (The Library of Second Temple Studies) - Hardcover

Vermes, Geza

 
9780567083876: Scrolls, Scriptures and Early Christianity: 56 (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

Synopsis

A collection of essays offering an overview of Dead Sea Scrolls research, ranging from an examination of 'The Essenes in History' to a study of 'Biblical Proof-Texts in Qumran Literature'.

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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 world’s 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.

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