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Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Neil A. Silberman

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Since their discovery in caves in the Judean Desert by bedouin in the 1940s, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the cause of much religious, scholarly and political controversy. In this book Neil Silberman, archaeologist and writer, explores the true significance of the scrolls, and the reasons for their suppression for 50 years, interpreting them as revolutionary writings of militant Jews under the oppressive rule of the Romans. Now available for international study for the first time, the scrolls will suggest new ways of thinking about the past and the present for Jews and Christians alike.… (more)
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A really interesting review of the way the Dead Sea Scrolls were "managed" and controlled since their discovery in 1946-7. I am now interested to read what has happened in the 23 years since Silberman wrote this as there must have continued to be controversy over who had the right to see, translate and interpret the many fragments that were found. It would also be interesting to know whether they are still housed in Jerusalem and how the Israeli government views them. ( )
  ElizabethCromb | Nov 12, 2018 |
NO OF PAGES: 306 SUB CAT I: Dead Sea Scrolls SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: This is a fascinating story of international intrigue and academic politics behind the decades-long struggle for control of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which have changed the way ancient Judaism and the origins of Christianity are understood.NOTES: SUBTITLE: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls
  BeitHallel | Feb 18, 2011 |
Dead Sea scrolls.
  icm | Oct 3, 2008 |
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Since their discovery in caves in the Judean Desert by bedouin in the 1940s, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the cause of much religious, scholarly and political controversy. In this book Neil Silberman, archaeologist and writer, explores the true significance of the scrolls, and the reasons for their suppression for 50 years, interpreting them as revolutionary writings of militant Jews under the oppressive rule of the Romans. Now available for international study for the first time, the scrolls will suggest new ways of thinking about the past and the present for Jews and Christians alike.

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