THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE ORIGINALITY OF CHRIST

small white hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. rubbed, soiled on rear, missing piece at spine top, couple of 1" tears, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). imprimatur. nihil obstat. imprimi potest. 115p. chapter notes. religion. theology. archaeology. ancient literature. judaism. christianity. ~ The discovery within the last seven years of a mass of documents at Qumran on the Dead Sea has raised a mass of questions for the scholar. But in the popular mind one single question dominates all~namely, how much of the teaching of Christ is to be found in them, how far is His uniqueness diminished, how far indeed can He Himself be explained away? Some seven hundred books and pamphlets have already been written on the Scrolls in a great variety of languages; not much has appeared in English written by Catholics. Father Graystone is specially equipped for his task. First, he is a scholar deeply learned not only in the Old Testament but also in the other Jewish writings before the time of Christ: he did not have to get the subject up in order to write this book; he can compare the Scrolls with the earlier writings to find what is unique in them. Second, he is a theologian deeply learned on the teachings of Christ; he can compare them with the Scrolls and pass tranquil judgment on similarity and difference. In the final chapter, Father Graystone discusses the book written on the Scrolls by Mr. Edmund Wilson.…