The Dead Sea scrolls in English /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Penguin, 1987.
Edition:	Third edition.
Series:	Pelican books
Subjects:	Dead Sea scrolls. Qumran community. Communauté de Qumrān. Dead Sea scrolls Qumran community Dead Sea scrolls > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dead Sea scrolls - English texts Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

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.