The Dead Sea Scrolls 1947-1969
by Wilson Edmund
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 049100463X
- ISBN 13
- 9780491004633
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About This Item
London: W.H. Allen, 1969 Contains the text of 'The Scrolls from the Dead Sea', published in 1955, and "an account of the work that has been done since 1955 and of my trip to the Middle East": the latter make up more than half of the book; First British Edition thus; Hardback: orange cloth, orange end-papers; Dustwrapper taped onto covers and end-papers, leaving tape marks, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, else near fine.
Synopsis
Edmund Wilson describes how the scrolls first came into the possession of students in war torn Palestine in the late 1940’s and the excavation of the Dead Sea sect’s monastery at Qumran. He also describes the various debates and discussions by theologians over the light shed on the life of Christ.
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- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1879
- Title
- The Dead Sea Scrolls 1947-1969
- Author
- Wilson Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 049100463X
- ISBN 13
- 9780491004633
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship Archaeological Finds Early Christianity
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