TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lim,Timothy H.
AU  - Hurtado,Larry W.
AU  - Auld,A.Graeme
AU  - Jack,Alison M.
ED  - University of Edinburgh.
TI  - The Dead Sea scrolls in their historical context
SN  - 0567080781 (pbk.)
AV  - BM487 .D4496 2004
U1  - 296.1/55 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - T & T Clark International
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Qumran community
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
N1  - Papers from a conference held on May 5-6, 1998, New College, Edinburgh, hosted by the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh under the aegis of the Centre for Christian Studies; Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-292) and indexes; The Dead Sea sect and other Jews : commonalities, overlaps and differences / E.P. Sanders -- The wicked priest or the liar? / Timothy H. Lim -- What did you go out to see? : John the Baptist, the Scrolls and late Second Temple Judaism / J. Ian H. McDonald -- The Qumran Biblical scrolls : the scriptures of late Second Temple Judaism / Eugene C. Ulrich --Qumran evidence for a biblical standard text and for non-standard and parabiblical texts / Julio Trebolle-Barrera -- E pluribus unum : textual variety and definitive interpretation in the Qumran scrolls / George J. Brooke -- Halakhah and sectarianism in the Dead Sea scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- The story of Joseph and the Book of Jubilees / Calum M. Carmichael -- Sabbatical chronologies in the Dead Sea scrolls and related literature / James C. VanderKam -- Qumran calendars : theory and practice / Sacha Stern -- The place of the Book of Jubilees at Qumran and beyond / Charlotte Hempel -- The nature of messianism in the light of the Dead Sea scrolls / John J. Collins -- Judaisms in the Dead Sea scrolls : the case of the Messiah / Philip R. Davies -- The branch in the last days : observations on the new covenant before and after the Messiah / Håkan Ulfgard -- The Dead Sea scrolls and merkavah mysticism / James R. Davila
N2  - Everyone has heard of of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separate myth from reality. Here, Timothy Lim explores the cultural and historical background of the scrolls, and examines their significance for our understanding of the Old Testament and the origins of Christianity and Judaism. Lim tells the fascinating story of the scrolls since their discouvery; their cultural context through the archaeology and history of the Dead Sea region. He explains the science behind their deciphering and dating, and does not omit the cast of characters, scandals, and controversies that have hastened the scrolls' rise to the status of cultrual icon.

Beginning with their discovery in the 1940s, through the political, legal, and scholary controversies that still persist today, public interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls has remained exceptionally high. This is an accessible and well-written mini-history that will appeal to anyone interested in the true history of these fascinating documents

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