The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls

“ A superb introduction” to the ancient manuscripts and what they can teach us, featuring recent developments in scrolls research ( Publishers Weekly ). The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in caves near the Dead Sea fifteen miles east of Jerusalem from 1947 to 1956, include the oldest existing biblical manuscripts and the remarkable texts of the purist Jewish community at Qumran. The discovery of the scrolls has added dramatically to our understanding of the varieties of Judaism at the time of Jesus and