66832X1 Seventh Printing. Barnes & Noble Books, New York: 1994. 286 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Placed in caves almost 2000 years ago and not discovered until 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls provide a unique insight into Jewish and Christian origins. They have held a fascination over academics, religious leaders, and the lay public alike ever since. From 1952, when a team of scholars was appointed and Cave 4 at Qumran was discovered - from which the materials in this book are drawn - they have been under the control of an elite and secretive clique. However, in the autumn of 1991, this monopoly was effectively broken when the Huntington Library in California announced it would allow public access to its collection of Dead Sea Scrolls photographs. This was soon followed by the publication of a Facsimile Edition by the Biblical Archaeology Society in Washington, D.C. Robert Eisenman was integrally involved in both events, and with Michael Wise had been working behind the scenes on the unpublished photographs for some time. Their discov ery of a tiny Scroll fragment of six lines referring to the execution of or by a Messianic Leader plunged them into a long-running debate. Scholars previously controlling access to the Scrolls had been publicly contending that there ws nothing interesting in the remaining unpublished Scrolls and nothing throwing further light on Christianity's rise in Palestine. The conclusions of Professors Eisenman and Wise gainsay and challenge these views. Their present work is the reult. Includes an Index. "This long-awaited volume will receive a ready welcome by both scholars and non-specialists alike, who are interested in Jewish history and Christian origins." - James D. Tabor, Associate Profess of of Christian Origins, University of North Carolina at Chalotte ISBN: 156619623X $12.40USD
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