Collins, John Joseph, 1946-

The Dead Sea scrolls : a biography / John J. Collins. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2012. - xvi, 272 p. ; hbk ; 20 cm. - Lives of great religious books .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Discovery of the Scrolls --
The Essenes --
The Site of Qumran --
The Scrolls and Christianity --
The Scrolls and Judaism --
The Scrolls and the Bible --
The Battle for the Scrolls.

Appendix : Personalities in the Discovery and Subsequent Controversies.

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Dead Sea scrolls.

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