The Dead Sea Scrolls is a comprehensive guide to the meaning and significance of one of the most fascinating and controversial archaeological discoveries of the last century. - Provides an overview of the contents of the scrolls - Explores why the scrolls were written and when: are they from the time of Christ or are they copies of much older texts? - Explores the links between the ideas contained in the scrolls, orthodox Judaism and the origins of Christianity - Describes the excavations of the scrolls and what has been learnt about the religious community based at the site - Analyses the controversy surrounding access to, and publication of, the scrolls in their entirety - Features interviews with the major Dead Sea Scroll scholars and explains the key interpretations - Explores in detail the two most extraordinary documents in the collection: the War Scroll and the Temple Scroll, and analyses their descriptions of apocalypse and disaster - Reproduces key selected passages from the scrolls together with the different interpretations of them by scholars - Provides maps, diagrams and plates of the excavations and the scrolls themselves <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Essential-Significance/dp/074992165X" target="_blank">Book</a> - Amazon <a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22778568292" target="_blank">Book</a> - Abe Books (CHEAPER) Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support</a>.

The Dead Sea Scrolls is a comprehensive guide to the meaning and significance of one of the most fascinating and controversial archaeological discoveries of the last century. - Provides an overview of the contents of the scrolls - Explores why the...

Stephen Hodge - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Essential Guide to Their Origin, Meaning and Significance