Hidden scrolls: christianity, judaism, and teh war for the dead sea scro - Softcover

Silberman, Neil A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157322569X ISBN 13: 9781573225694

Publisher: Riverhead Trade, 1996

Synopsis

A provocative new version of the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls explains the revolutionary rage and passionate belief that led to the Scrolls' creation and the conspiracy of scholars who tried to suppress their message. Reprint.

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Review:

In the winter of 1946, a teenage Bedouin shepherd, familiar with ancient artifacts discovered previously in the area, purposefully threw a rock into a cliff-side cave. The resultant shatter of a pot containing the Dead Sea Scrolls has echoed through Christianity and Judaism ever since. What happened to the scrolls after their discovery? Who bought them? Who studied them? And, most importantly, why did almost 50 years elapse before their contents were fully revealed to the world? Neil Asher Silberman's The Hidden Scrolls details the history of the scrolls, the researchers who built careers on exclusive access to them, and the struggle that culminated in their being fully disclosed only just recently.

About the Author:

Neil Asher Silberman studied under Israel's greatest archaeologist, Yigael Yadin, and worked for the Israel Department of Antiquities. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and continued his studies at Yale University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Archaeology. He is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship (1991-92) and has written a number of well-received books on the ancient Near East, such as Digging for God and Country, Between Past and Present, and A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin; Soldier, Scholar, and Mythmaker of Modern Israel. In addition, he has held editorial positions at Archaeology Magazine, Biblical Archaeologist, and the Oxford Companion to World Archaeology. Mr. Silberman lives in Branford, Connecticut with his wife and daughter and is currently working on his fifth book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 157322569X
• ISBN 13: 9781573225694
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320