JESUS, QUMRAN AND THE VATICAN Clarifications

Betz, Otto & Riesner, Rainer

ISBN 10: 033402109X / ISBN 13: 9780334021094

Published by SCM Press, 1994

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Did the Vatican suppress the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls? A scholarly mystery tale. x+196pp.with b/w illustrations. A fine copy in soft covers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JESUS, QUMRAN AND THE VATICAN Clarifications
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033402109X
• ISBN 13: 9780334021094
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

Did the Vatican suppress the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why has there been such a delay in making them public? Do they radically call in question the Christian understanding of Jesus? These and many other questions have been asked in recent popular books, and there have been charges of fraud, deceit and cover-ups. In Jesus, Qumran and the Vatican, two distinguished German scholars examine these issues and more, producing a highly readable and reliable account of the present state of research on the Scrolls and their significance and implications for Christianity. The result is a scholarly mystery tale which readers will not be able to put down. `A courageous refutation of absurd assertations, half-truths and lies about the Qumran scrolls, the origins of Christianity and the Catholic Church' (Martin Hengel, University of Tubingen). `A telling refutation of the fantastic and extraordinary claims recently made about the Dead Sea Scrolls and their relation to Jesus of Nazareth, early Christianity and the Vatican' (Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ, Catholic University of America). `Critics claim the Dead Sea Scrolls prove that the church's portrait of Jesus is grotesquely inaccurate. Other contend that the Vatican has been ""hiding"" the Scrolls because they would damage the faith of Christians. In an informed and engaging way, Betz and Riesner now speak to these concerns and reveal who are the fools' (James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary).

About the Author

Otto Betz was formerly professor of New Testament at the universities of Chicago and Tubingen.