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Riverhead Trade (1996), 1 pages
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Since their discovery in caves in the Judean Desert by bedouin in the 1940s, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the cause of much religious, scholarly and political controversy. In this book Neil Silberman, archaeologist and writer, explores the true significance of the scrolls, and the reasons for their suppression for 50 years, interpreting them as revolutionary writings of militant Jews under the oppressive rule of the Romans. Now available for international study for the first time, the scrolls will suggest new ways of thinking about the past and the present for Jews and Christians alike.
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LibraryThing member ElizabethCromb
A really interesting review of the way the Dead Sea Scrolls were "managed" and controlled since their discovery in 1946-7. I am now interested to read what has happened in the 23 years since Silberman wrote this as there must have continued to be controversy over who had the right to see, translate
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and interpret the many fragments that were found. It would also be interesting to know whether they are still housed in Jerusalem and how the Israeli government views them. Show Less
ISBN
157322569X / 9781573225694