The Dead Sea scrolls /
Burrows, Millar, 1889-1980.
The Dead Sea scrolls / Millar Burrows; with translations by the author. - New York : Viking Press, 1955. - xv, 435 p. : illus., maps, facsim. ; 24 cm.
Translations (p. [347]-415): The Damascus document. The Habakkuk commentary. The Manual of discipline. Selections from the War of the Sons of Light with the Sons of Darkness. Selections from the Thanksgiving psalms.
Bibliography: p. 419-435.
Discoveries and discussions. The first discoveries ; Alarms and excursions ; Later discoveries -- The age of the manuscripts. The evidence of archeology and paleography ; The evidence of text and language -- The dates of composition. Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : the Kittim ; Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : dramatis personae ; Identifications of persons and events ; Historical allusions in the other documents ; Ideas, vocabulary, and literary relations -- The community of Qumran. Origin, history, and organization ; Beliefs ; Identification -- The importance of the Dead Sea scrolls. Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar, and paleography ; Contributions to the study of Judaism and Christianity -- Translations. The Damascus document ; The Habakkuk commentary ; The manual of discipline ; Selections from The war of the sons of light with the sons of darkness ; Selections from the Thanksgiving psalms.
The complete account of the great archeological finds which Edmund Wilson Calls " ... without any question the most precious discoveries of their kind since the texts of the Greek and Latin classics brought to light in the Renaissance."
55009645
Dead Sea scrolls.
BM487.A3 / B8
296
The Dead Sea scrolls / Millar Burrows; with translations by the author. - New York : Viking Press, 1955. - xv, 435 p. : illus., maps, facsim. ; 24 cm.
Translations (p. [347]-415): The Damascus document. The Habakkuk commentary. The Manual of discipline. Selections from the War of the Sons of Light with the Sons of Darkness. Selections from the Thanksgiving psalms.
Bibliography: p. 419-435.
Discoveries and discussions. The first discoveries ; Alarms and excursions ; Later discoveries -- The age of the manuscripts. The evidence of archeology and paleography ; The evidence of text and language -- The dates of composition. Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : the Kittim ; Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : dramatis personae ; Identifications of persons and events ; Historical allusions in the other documents ; Ideas, vocabulary, and literary relations -- The community of Qumran. Origin, history, and organization ; Beliefs ; Identification -- The importance of the Dead Sea scrolls. Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar, and paleography ; Contributions to the study of Judaism and Christianity -- Translations. The Damascus document ; The Habakkuk commentary ; The manual of discipline ; Selections from The war of the sons of light with the sons of darkness ; Selections from the Thanksgiving psalms.
The complete account of the great archeological finds which Edmund Wilson Calls " ... without any question the most precious discoveries of their kind since the texts of the Greek and Latin classics brought to light in the Renaissance."
55009645
Dead Sea scrolls.
BM487.A3 / B8
296