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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Classics)
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English - Penguin Classics
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus, the Scrolls have transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism, and the ori...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140449525
ISBN-10: 0140449523
Publication Date: 11/30/2004
Pages: 648
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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Church leaders have been accused of purposely excluding many books from the Bible, including the Dead Sea Scrolls. If these were, in fact, suppressed by church leaders, one will be better able to understand why by first reading the current version of the Bible. Many of these texts clearly do not fit in with the 'themes' that exist in the current Bible. These would only add to the confusion that already exists.
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