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Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Search for the Secret of Qumran
Norman Golb
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hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
This text challenges existing theories of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers the author's theory with wide-ranging implications. The story behind the Dead Sea Scrolls has been in dispute since they were discovered in 1947 in caves in the village of Qumran, now on Jordan's West Bank. The most popular theory asserts that they were sacred writings of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish pacifist, communal sect of which Jesus may even have been a member. Norman Golb overturns this theory in this book and suggests that the scrolls are a wide-ranging collection brought by Palestinian Jews fleeing ... Read more
This text challenges existing theories of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers the author's theory with wide-ranging implications. The story behind the Dead Sea Scrolls has been in dispute since they were discovered in 1947 in caves in the village of Qumran, now on Jordan's West Bank. The most popular theory asserts that they were sacred writings of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish pacifist, communal sect of which Jesus may even have been a member. Norman Golb overturns this theory in this book and suggests that the scrolls are a wide-ranging collection brought by Palestinian Jews fleeing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854797889
SKU
KSG0035646
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