The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and ChristianityThe story of the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls has become a part of Western lore. Who has not heard about the Bedouin shepherd who threw a rock into a cave, heard a crash, went in to explore, and found the scrolls? The story in that form may be accurate, but it turns out to be something of a simplification. As a matter of fact, much remains unknown about the exact circumstances under which those scrolls were discovered. The story of the discovery at first deals with just one cave; the other ten were located at later times. |
Contents
PART | 85 |
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 182 |
PART THREE | 207 |
Identifying the Group Associated with Qumran | 239 |
The Theology or Belief System of the Qumran Group | 255 |
The Qumran Group Within Early Judaism | 275 |
Biblical Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 293 |
PART FOUR | 309 |
The Gospels and Qumran | 321 |
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Revelation | 362 |
PART FIVE | 379 |
APPENDIXES | 405 |
Quotations and Allusions in the Nonbiblical Scrolls | 427 |
Translations and Editions of the Dead Sea Scrolls | 434 |
INDEX | 457 |
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