Buy this book on-line Cross, Jr. , Frank Moore : THE ANCIENT LIBRARY OF QUMRAN AND MODERN BIBLICAL STUDIESGarden City, N. Y. : Doubleday., 1958.
8vo. 196 pages. Maps. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Qumran community; Dead Sea scrolls - relation to the New Testament. SERIES: The Haskell lectures, 1956-1957; Qumran is the area on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, with the first being found in 1947. In the 1950s, archaeologists realized that they were actually excavating a large complex. The oldest artifacts showed the community occupied during the 8th-7th century B. C. E. Iron Age, with later remnants from Greco-Roman times through about 135 C. E. The chronology of the Scrolls, found in caves nearby the complex, "agrees remarkably well" with the complex itself; "[a] close connection between the occupants of the building and the manuscripts in the caves is cogently indicated. "(Bruce, EJ) with Ex library, letters partially worn off spine, very good condition. (BIBLE-3-8) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cross, Jr. , Frank Moore : THE ANCIENT LIBRARY OF QUMRAN AND MODERN BIBLICAL STUDIES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, antiquarian books, out-of-print books, libri rari and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |