The Ancient Library of QumranFortress Press, 1995 - 204 pages Since the first publication of this book in 1959 it has become a classic: It is a sober and objective account by a scholar who has taken a leading part in the editing and evaluation of the Qumran texts. The book opens with an account of the history of the finds, and each subsequent chapter deals with a single but major area of scroll research. Each records an attempt to achieve in a given area a synthesis, or at least a systematic interpretation, of the facts now available. Old and new, published and unpublished data are drawn upon. For this revised edition, the history of the finds has been updated to the present, and a final chapter has been added detailing some of the author's views of and reactions to recent discussions and publications not found in the earlier editions. |
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... Early Herodian Periods . Figure 18. The Development of the Jewish Scripts in the Late Herodian Period Figure 19. Semicursive Scripts from Qumran . LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA AASOR ADSS Antiq . ASOR 12 The Ancient Library of Qumrân.
... Early Herodian Periods . Figure 18. The Development of the Jewish Scripts in the Late Herodian Period Figure 19. Semicursive Scripts from Qumran . LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA AASOR ADSS Antiq . ASOR 12 The Ancient Library of Qumrân.
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... late French prehistorian . used these tribesmen in his excavation of caves in Ta'amireh country ; and tribal traditions reflect pride in these caves and their antiquities . 1. One Khalil Iskander Shahin , better known as Kando . It is ...
... late French prehistorian . used these tribesmen in his excavation of caves in Ta'amireh country ; and tribal traditions reflect pride in these caves and their antiquities . 1. One Khalil Iskander Shahin , better known as Kando . It is ...
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Frank Moore Cross. purchased by the late E.L. Sukenik for the Hebrew University . ' The metropolitan , Athanasius Yeshue Samuel , upon acquiring his lot of manuscripts , was anxious to have them authenticated , or to be more precise ...
Frank Moore Cross. purchased by the late E.L. Sukenik for the Hebrew University . ' The metropolitan , Athanasius Yeshue Samuel , upon acquiring his lot of manuscripts , was anxious to have them authenticated , or to be more precise ...
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... late November , Sukenik was shown fragments in a Jerusalem antiquities shop . His familiarity with Hebrew inscriptions of the period had prepared him as few were prepared for the discovery . He relates , however , that he could scarcely ...
... late November , Sukenik was shown fragments in a Jerusalem antiquities shop . His familiarity with Hebrew inscriptions of the period had prepared him as few were prepared for the discovery . He relates , however , that he could scarcely ...
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... late January 1949 , whitish debris which had cascaded down a ravine in the cliffside revealed the position of the cave to Captain ( later Colonel ) Akkash el - Zebn . It lay about 6 mile ( 1 kilometer ) north of Wadi Qumran , low in the ...
... late January 1949 , whitish debris which had cascaded down a ravine in the cliffside revealed the position of the cave to Captain ( later Colonel ) Akkash el - Zebn . It lay about 6 mile ( 1 kilometer ) north of Wadi Qumran , low in the ...
Contents
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Discovery of an Ancient Library and Related Discoveries 19601993 | 47 |
THE ESSENES THE PEOPLE OF THE SCROLLS | 54 |
1 An Essene Community in the Wilderness | 55 |
2 The Old Sources and the New Scrolls | 66 |
2 The Archaic Text of the Old Testament | 124 |
3 Early Recensions of the Old Testament | 138 |
THE ESSENES AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH | 143 |
The Gospel of John | 149 |
2 Some Common Eschatological Motifs | 156 |
3 The Order and Liturgical Institutions of the Apocalyptic Communities | 165 |
NOTES ON A GENERATION OF QUMRAN STUDIES | 171 |
The Essene Faith and the Christian Gospel | 192 |
THE RIGHTEOUS TEACHER AND ESSENE ORIGINS | 88 |
1 Prolegomena to the Study of the Commentaries | 89 |
2 The Righteous Teacher and the Wicked Priest | 100 |
THE OLD TESTAMENT AT QUMRAN | 121 |
Index of References | 195 |
Index of Authors | 202 |
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