Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Softcover
The scrolls of the Essenes and the history of this Jewish sect's possible antecedence to Christianity intrigued Edmund Wilson and drew him, in 1954, to Israel and the revelations contained in the newly discovered scrolls. His resulting account of the scrolls' history and significance was first published in New Yorker, then expanded into book form, and the revised just before Wilson's death. ...the result is a provocative and absorbing report. -The New York Times
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The scrolls of the Essenes and the history of this Jewish sect's possible antecedence to Christianity intrigued EDMUND WILSON and drew him, in 1954, to Isreal and the revelations contained in the newly discovered scrolls. His resulting account of the scrolls' history and significance was first published in the New Yorker, then expanded into book form, and them revised just before Wilson's death.
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"Mr. Wilson has been a wizard in his conquering of the facts of an incredibly involved archaeological story." -- Christian Century
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0374513414
- ISBN 13 9780374513412
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- Number of pages432
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