Jonathan G. Campbell

Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of this fascinating book is the ideal introduction to the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and their impact on our understanding of the rise of Christianity. * * Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general reader. * Explains how revolutionary the discovery of the Scrolls was and their enduring significance. * Sets the Scrolls within the wider context of Jewish history and religion of the second temple period. * Now expanded to include additional material about the scrolls themselves and recent theories about the community behind them. This book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470775257
• Artikelnr.: 38201654

Autorenporträt

Jonathan G. Campbell studied at Aberdeen and Oxford and has taught at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Since 1996, he has been teaching Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Judaism in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol, where he is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies and early Judaism. He has published widely on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Use of Scripture in the Damascus Document (1995). Until recently he was Secretary to the British Association for Jewish Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates.
List of Maps and Figures.
Text Acknowledgements.
Author's Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1. What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?.
2. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible.
3. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes.
4. An Essene Community at Qumran.
5. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism.
6. Christianity Reconsidered.
7. Controversy and Conspiracy.
Appendix I.
Further Reading.
Notes.
Index.

Rezensionen

"The new edition is somewhat expanded and brought up to date. Thesuccess and usefulness of Campbell's introduction is furtherdemonstrated in a Polish translation of the work." Journal ofJewish Studies

Praise for the First Edition:

"Without being sensational, of all the popular introductions onthe market this one explains best how revolutionary the discoveryof the Scrolls really was."- Professor P. R. Davies, inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament

"In Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jonathan Campbell,an established expert on Qumran, has written for students and thegeneral reader a clear, well researched, balanced and highlyinformative account of the discovery of the Scrolls, the debatessurrounding them, and their significance for a better understandingof ancient Judaism and the beginnings of Christianity." -Professor G. Vermes, author of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls inEnglish