The Dead Sea Scrolls

Description:

The discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert -- Archaeology of the Qumran site: the caves, buildings, and cemeteries -- Dating the scrolls found at Qumran -- The Bible before the scrolls -- The Biblical scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the Biblical text -- The scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha -- The shape and contents of the Scriptures used at Qumran -- The Nonbiblical scrolls -- The movement associated with Qumran and its place in early Judaism -- Religious thought and practice reflected in the Qumran scrolls.

subjects: Dode-Zeerollen,  Judaism,  Qumran community,  Bible,  Relation to the Old Testament,  Criticism, interpretation,  Qumrantexte,  Dead Sea scrolls,  Post-exilic period (Judaism),  Relation to the Bible,  Qumrangemeinde,  11.26 movements within Judaism,  History,  Qumransekte