The Dead Sea Scrolls : A Preliminary Survey /
Sommer, Dupont A
The Dead Sea Scrolls : A Preliminary Survey / A Dupont Sommer - Oxford : Basil Blackwell, c1952. - 100 P. : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes index
From the shores of the Dead Sea... -- A discovery in Palestine -- Across the Barricades -- Buyers and sellers -- The mystery of Qumran -- Voices from an ancient time -- Of temple and treasure -- Conflict and computers
Details the important archaeological discovery of the ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses efforts to translate them, the battle over their possession, and the people who have figured in their history. In 1947, a cache of crumbling scrolls was found near the Dead Sea. This two-thousand-year-old treasure trove of biblical writings and ancient Jewish teachings has caused worldwide controversy ever since! In her dramatic fast-paced narrative . Ilene Cooper tells of the early scramble to acquire the scrolls, the rival biblical scholars who struggled to unlock their mysteries, and the miraculous coincidences and scientific advances that aided the overwhelming task. Timed for the fiftieth anniversary of the recover of the scrolls, The Dead Sea Scrolls is history at its most intriguing
0688143008 9780688143008
96021983
Dead Sea scrolls--Juvenile literature
BM487 / .C59 1997
296.811 / SOM
The Dead Sea Scrolls : A Preliminary Survey / A Dupont Sommer - Oxford : Basil Blackwell, c1952. - 100 P. : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes index
From the shores of the Dead Sea... -- A discovery in Palestine -- Across the Barricades -- Buyers and sellers -- The mystery of Qumran -- Voices from an ancient time -- Of temple and treasure -- Conflict and computers
Details the important archaeological discovery of the ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses efforts to translate them, the battle over their possession, and the people who have figured in their history. In 1947, a cache of crumbling scrolls was found near the Dead Sea. This two-thousand-year-old treasure trove of biblical writings and ancient Jewish teachings has caused worldwide controversy ever since! In her dramatic fast-paced narrative . Ilene Cooper tells of the early scramble to acquire the scrolls, the rival biblical scholars who struggled to unlock their mysteries, and the miraculous coincidences and scientific advances that aided the overwhelming task. Timed for the fiftieth anniversary of the recover of the scrolls, The Dead Sea Scrolls is history at its most intriguing
0688143008 9780688143008
96021983
Dead Sea scrolls--Juvenile literature
BM487 / .C59 1997
296.811 / SOM