Flint, Peter W.,

The Dead Sea scrolls / [manuscript] / Peter Flint. - Nashville : Abingdon press, c2013. - 212 pages ; 23 cm. - Core Biblical Studies series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.

The discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert -- Archaeology of the Qumran site: the caves, buildings, and cemeteries -- Dating the scrolls found at Qumran -- The Bible before the scrolls -- The Biblical scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the Biblical text -- The scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha -- The shape and contents of the Scriptures used at Qumran -- The Nonbiblical scrolls -- The movement associated with Qumran : Not Pharisees or Sadducees, but Essenes -- Religious thought and practice reflected in the Qumran scrolls -- The New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

9780687494491 (pbk.)

2012044021


Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the Old Testament.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Qumran community.

BM487 / .F574 2013

296.1/55