Canada's Big Biblical Bargain: How McGill University Bought the Dead Sea Scrolls - Hardcover

Kalman, Jason; Du Toit, Jaqueline S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773536884 ISBN 13: 9780773536883

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Providing many vibrant details, the authors examine the intrigue surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls and debunk many of the myths about them, including allegations of the Vatican's involvement in hiding the texts from scholars, the possibility that they contained earth shattering revelations, and the actual status of the infamous international editorial committee who limited access to the texts. A fascinating account of international relations, religious negotiation, and scholars, Canada's Big Biblical Bargain reveals another part of the fascinating tale of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

About this title

About the Author:

Jason Kalman is an assistant professor of classical Hebrew text and interpretation at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, research fellow at the University of the Free State, and a fellow of the McGill Centre for Research on Rel

Review:

"With several Canadian museums having exhibited the Dead Sea Scrolls, Canada's Big Biblical Bargain could not be timelier. It fills a distinctive void, and is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research. It will without a doubt become the authoritative source on how the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Canada became firmly established." Peter W. Flint, Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies, Trinity Western University

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0773536884
• ISBN 13: 9780773536883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424