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Understanding the Dead Sea scrolls : a reader from the Biblical archaeology review
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Author: Hershel Shanks
Publisher: Vintage Books
Language: en
ISBN: 9780679744450

A groundbreaking anthology that demolishes the myths -- and reveals the true significance -- of the greatest archaeological discovery of our time. Ever since their initial discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused excitement, jealousy, and not a little dread among some who feared their contents might undermine the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. For more than 35 years the majority of scroll texts remained the intellectual property of an exclusive coterie of scholars.
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