Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Core Biblical studies

Peter W. Flint
Abingdon Press, 2013
ISBN 9780687494491

Softcover, 212 pp.
8.9 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd stumbled upon a cave near the Dead Sea, a settlement now called Qumran, to the east of Jerusalem.

This cave, along with the others located nearby, contained jars holding hundreds of scrolls and fragments of scrolls of texts both biblical and nonbiblical--in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

The biblical scrolls would be the earliest evidence of the Hebrew Scriptures by hundreds of years; and the nonbiblical texts would shed dramatic light on one of the least-known periods of Jewish history.

This find is the most important archaeological event in two thousand years of biblical studies.

Online supplement, with indexes, discussion questions, Dead Sea Scrolls websites, and links to study tools, electronic resources, and photographs: http: //www.abingdonacademic

Peter W. Flint held the Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies and was Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University in British Columbia. He edited or co-edited almost thirty Dead Sea Scrolls for publication, including the Cave 1 Isaiah Scrolls, the Cave 4 Psalms Scrolls, and the translation, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible. He authored numerous books and articles and co-edited a major two-volume study collection (The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years).