Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? : the search for the secret of Qumran / Norman Golb.

Author/creator Golb, Norman
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Scribner, ©1995.
Descriptionxvi, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The Qumran Plateau -- The manuscripts of the Jews -- 1947: the first scroll discoveries -- The Qumran-Essene theory: a paradigm reconsidered -- The Copper Scroll, the Masada manuscripts, and the siege of Jerusalem -- Scroll origins: Rengstorf's theory and Edmund Wilson's response -- The Temple Scroll, the Acts of Torah, and the Qumranologists' dilemma -- Power politics and the collapse of the scrolls monopoly -- Myth and science in the world of Qumranology -- The deepening scrolls controversy -- The New York conference and some academic intrigues -- The importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Judaism, Christianity, and the Scrolls.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index.
LCCN 94023295
ISBN002544395X :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BM487 .G65 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold