The Dead Sea scrolls / Millar Burrows; with translations by the author.
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TextPublication details: New York : Viking Press, 1955.Description: xv, 435 p. : illus., maps, facsim. ; 24 cmUniform titles: - Dead Sea scrolls. English.
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| 296BERwh What the Jews believe / | 296BEVle The legacy of Israel : | 296BRApe Perspectives on Israel and the church : | 296BURde The Dead Sea scrolls / | 296DADži1 Židovstvo : | 296DANmi The Mishnah / | 296DIMje Jews, God and history / |
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."
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