TY - BOOK AU - Shanks, Hershel TI - Understanding Dead Sea Scrolls SN - 0-679-74445-2 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Vintage books KW - Dead Sea scrolls. Qumrantexte Qumrantexte. Dead Sea scrolls N1 - "July 1993"--Title page verso. Originally published: New York : Random House, ©1992. "Portions of this work were previously published in Biblical archaeology review and Bible review"--Title page verso N2 - A groundbreaking anthology that demolishes the myths -- and reveals the true significance -- of the greatest archaeological discovery of our time. Ever since their initial discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused excitement, jealousy, and not a little dread among some who feared their contents might undermine the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. For more than 35 years the majority of scroll texts remained the intellectual property of an exclusive coterie of scholars ER -