The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls - Softcover

Davies, Philip R.; Brooke, George J.; Callaway, Phillip R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500283710 ISBN 13: 9780500283714

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Synopsis

"Details how the scrolls, one of history's great language troves, depict the tumultuous Judean world of 2,000 years ago."―Natural History

Ever since the first scrolls were found in the Judaean desert in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the subject of passionate speculation and controversy. The possibility that they might challenge assumptions about ancient Judaism and the origins of Christianity, coupled with the extremely limited access imposed for many years, only fueled debate on their meanings.

With all the scrolls now available in translation, conclusions can be drawn as to the authorship and origins, their implications for Christianity and Judaism, and their link with the ancient site of Qumran. This book, written by three noted scholars in the field, draws together all the evidence to present a fully illustrated survey of every major manuscript.

With numerous factfiles, reconstructions, scroll photographs, and a wealth of other illustrations, it is the most comprehensive and accessible account available on the Dead Sea Scrolls. 84 color and 132 black-and-white illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Philip R. Davies is a present day Professor emeritus of biblical studies at the University of Sheffield, England. In the late 1990s, he was the Director for the Centre for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

George J. Brooke is a Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis Emeritus in the University of Manchester where he taught Biblical Studies and Early Judaism from 1984 until 2016. He completed his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate School, California, in 1978 under the direction of William H. Brownlee, one of the first scholars to touch the scrolls in 1948 when they were brought to the American School for Oriental Research in Jerusalem. Since 1992 he has been a member of the Israel Antiquities Authority’s international team of editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and is currently working on a revised edition of a series of manuscripts from Qumran’s Cave 4. In 1999 he was the President of the British Association for Jewish Studies. Awarded a D.D. from Oxford University in 2010, he was President for 2012 of the British Society for Old Testament Study.

Review:

“Well illustrated. . . . Numerous sidebars describe various technical terms as well as literary, historical, and cultural phenomena.”
- Archaeology

“Richly illustrated texts.”
- Science News

“Loaded with background material, this book provides an excellent primer to what is arguably the greatest discovery of biblical archaeology.”
- Arizona Republic

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0500283710
• ISBN 13: 9780500283714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216