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VanderKam, James C.

The Dead Sea scrolls today / James C. VanderKam. - Michigan : Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, c 1994 - xiii, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Discoveries -- 2. Survey of the manuscripts -- 3. Identification of the Qumran group -- 4. Qumran Essenes -- 5. The Scrolls and the Old Testament -- 6. The Scrolls and the New Testament -- 7. Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Summarizes the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their discovery, nature chronology, literary character, and background.

ISBN: 0802807364 9780802807366 028104774X 9780281047741

LCCN: 94005571

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9459739 bnb

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, Textual.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Qumran community.
Essenes.

Subjects--Index Terms: Manuscripts. Israel. Palestine.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BM487 / .V26 1994

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 296.1 V234D

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 296 V234d