A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Tell Us

The Significance of the Scrolls – The second generation of scholars—or is it the third?
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The Significance of the Scrolls – The second generation of scholars—or is it the third?

The Significance of the Scrolls The second generation of scholars—or is it the third?—offers a new perspective on the texts from the Qumran caves By Lawrence H. Schiffman Dead Sea Scroll scholarship is undergoing a virtual revolution. New ideas and perspectives are percolating among the small group of scholars who dedicate themselves to primary research […]

A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Tell Us
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A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Tell Us

I want to say here and now how grateful I am to the original team of Dead Sea Scroll scholars who failed to publish the bulk of the scrolls for nearly 40 years and refused to let other scholars see them in the meantime. But for them, I would never have had the exciting life […]