The Dead Sea scrolls the truth behind the mystique

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  • Author: Schiffman, Lawrence H.
    Summary:

    New York University professor, Lawrence Schiffman, discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Jewish texts from the centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can teach us about the history of Judaism is it possible for us to learn what they have to teach us about the history of Christianity, because Christianity came into being only after these texts were composed and copied.

    Contents:
    • The library of Qumran
    • Scandal and publication
    • Sects of the Second Temple Period
    • The Halakhic letter and the founding of the sect
    • The Qumran Sect
    • Women and the Dead Sea Scrolls Sect
    • Theology and beliefs of the Dead Sea Scrolls Sect
    • Biblical interpretation
    • The Hebrew Bible in Second Temple times
    • The Messiah and the End of Days
    • The Temple Scroll
    • The scrolls, Judaism, and Christianity
    • Controversial Messianic texts
    • The scrolls in public culture.
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781456102678

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Abstract

New York University professor, Lawrence Schiffman, discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Jewish texts from the centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can teach us about the history of Judaism is it possible for us to learn what they have to teach us about the history of Christianity, because Christianity came into being only after these texts were composed and copied.

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History
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Prince Frederick, MD

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