The Dead Sea Scrolls (1955 Burrows), book
The Dead Sea Scrolls (1955) is a book by Millar Burrows.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in New York, NY: Viking, 1955; and London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. Translated into German (1956), French (1956), Italian (1957), Swedish (1957), Spanish (1958), and other languages.
- Die Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer (1956 Burrows), book (German ed.)
- Les manuscrits de la Mer Morte (1956 Burrows), book (French ed.)
- Prima di Cristo: la scoperta dei rotoli del Mar Morto (1956 Burrows), book (Italian ed.)
- Skriftfynden vid Döda Havet (1957 Burrows), book (Swedish ed.)
- Los rollos del Mar Muerto (1958 Burrows), book (Spanish ed.)
Table of contents
Discoveries and discussions. The first discoveries ; Alarms and excursions ; Later discoveries -- The age of the manuscripts. The evidence of archeology and paleography ; The evidence of text and language -- The dates of composition. Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : the Kittim ; Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary : dramatis personae ; Identifications of persons and events ; Historical allusions in the other documents ; Ideas, vocabulary, and literary relations -- The community of Qumran. Origin, history, and organization ; Beliefs ; Identification -- The importance of the Dead Sea scrolls. Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar, and paleography ; Contributions to the study of Judaism and Christianity -- Translations. The Damascus document ; The Habakkuk commentary ; The manual of discipline ; Selections from The war of the sons of light with the sons of darkness ; Selections from the Thanksgiving psalms.