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092 _a296.155
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100 _aShanks, Hershel
245 _aUnderstanding Dead Sea Scrolls
_aa reader from the Biblical archaeology review
260 _aNew York
_bVintage books
_c1993
300 _axxxviii, 336
_c21 cm
500 _a "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.
520 _a 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.
650 _aDead Sea scrolls. Qumrantexte Qumrantexte. Dead Sea scrolls
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