TY - BOOK AU - VanderKam,James C. TI - The Dead Sea scrolls today SN - 9780802864352 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BM 487 .V26 2010 U1 - 296.1/55 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. KW - Dead Sea scrolls KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Criticism, Textual KW - Relation to the New Testament KW - N.T KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Qumran community KW - Essenes N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; 1. Discoveries -- 2. Survey of the manuscripts -- 3. Identification of the Qumran group -- 4. Qumran Essenes -- 5. The Scrolls and the Old Testament -- 6. The Scrolls and the New Testament -- 7. Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls N2 - Summary; Summarizes the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their discovery, nature chronology, literary character, and background ER -