Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? the search for the secret of Qumran by Norman Golb.
Description
The Qumran Plateau -- The manuscripts of the Jews -- 1947: the first scroll discoveries -- The Qumran-Essene theory: a paradigm reconsidered -- The Copper Scroll, the Masada manuscripts, and the siege of Jerusalem -- Scroll origins: Rengstorf's theory and Edmund Wilson's response -- The Temple Scroll, the Acts of Torah, and the Qumranologists' dilemma -- Power politics and the collapse of the scrolls monopoly -- Myth and science in the world of Qumranology -- The deepening scrolls controversy -- The New York conference and some academic intrigues -- The importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Judaism, Christianity, and the Scrolls.
xvi, 446 pages :illustrations, maps ;25 cm
Book Details
Author
Golb, Norman.
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
1995
Publication Subjects
Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.--Sources.
Call No.
BM487.G65 1995
ISBN
002544395X
LCCN
94023295
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-431) and index.