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The Dead Sea scrolls: a very short introduction

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0198779526 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780198779520 (pbk.)
Author	Lim, Timothy H.
Title	The Dead Sea scrolls : a very short introduction / Timothy H. Lim
Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017
Physical desc.	xvi, 147 p. ; ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Series	Very short introductions 143
Note	First edition published in 2005.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-137) and index.
Contents	The Dead Sea scrolls as cultural icon -- The archaeological site and caves -- On scrolls and fragments -- New light on the Hebrew Bible -- The canon, authoritative scriptures, and the scrolls -- Who owned the scrolls? -- Literary compositions of the scrolls collections -- Jewish sectarianism in the Second Temple period -- The communities of the Dead Sea scrolls -- The religious beliefs of the sectarian communities -- The scrolls and early Christianity -- The greatest manuscript discovery.
Subject	Dead Sea scrolls

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