TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,John J.
TI  - The Dead Sea scrolls: a biography 
T2  - Lives of great religious books
SN  - 1400844606
AV  - BM487 .C564 2012
U1  - 296.1/55 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Sacred Writings
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Exegesis & Hermeneutics
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination--and more controversy--than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the time of Jesus, and they continue to inspire veneration and conspiracy theories to this day. John Collins tells the story of the bitter conflicts that have swirled around the scrolls since their startling discovery, and sheds light on their true significance for Jewish and Christian history. Collins
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