Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls (2010 Evans), book

Craig A Evans, Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2010).

Abstract

"Book seven in a greatly successful, visually-driven yet content-rich reference series, the Holman QuickSource™ Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls gives the reader a strong overview and understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their importance for Christianity as outlined by esteemed professor and author Craig A. Evans ... Topics covered will include the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, notes on the Dead Sea region, the contents and dates of the Scrolls, who wrote and gathered them, first and second generation scholars of the Scrolls, and more."--Publisher description.

Contents

pt. I. Discovery and importance: basic facts about the scrolls -- pt. II. The science of the scrolls -- pt. III. Historical context of scrolls -- pt. IV. From cave to publication: bringing history to light -- pt. V. Who were the Essenes? -- pt. VI. Faith and practice according to the scrolls -- pt. VII. The scrolls and the Old Testament -- pt. VIII. the scrolls and Jesus -- pt. IX. The scrolls and the New Testament -- pt. X. Conclusion.

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