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The Dead Sea scrolls and the Bible / James C. VanderKam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2012.Description: xiv, 188 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802866790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802866794 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.4/4 23
LOC classification:
  • BM487 .V255 2012
Contents:
The "Biblical" scrolls and their implications -- Commentary on older scripture in the scrolls -- Authoritative literature according to the scrolls -- New copies of old texts -- Groups and group controversies in the scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the New Testament Gospels -- The Dead Sea scrolls, the Acts of the Apostles, and the letters of Paul.
Item type: Books

"Six of the seven chapters in The Dead Sea scrolls and the Bible began as the Speaker's Lectures at Oxford University, delivered during the first two weeks of May 2009"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-182) and index.

The "Biblical" scrolls and their implications -- Commentary on older scripture in the scrolls -- Authoritative literature according to the scrolls -- New copies of old texts -- Groups and group controversies in the scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the New Testament Gospels -- The Dead Sea scrolls, the Acts of the Apostles, and the letters of Paul.