First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Translated by J. Edward Crowley. This radical reconstruction of the origins of Judaism starts by observing that Josephus's sources on the early history of Israel do not agree ...

'This significantly expanded and revised fourth edition of what has always been the best English translation of the Scrolls has become a combination of two books: Vermes has ...

This volume seeks to identify the biblical sources of the Temple Scroll, then to define the ways in which those sources are put together, in order to provide a firm basis for ...

Many Christians and Jews believe that their faiths developed independently from each other, and that their religions are distinct, even antagonistic towards each other. A ...

A study of one of the Qumran texts, examining its characteristics and authorship. The author concludes that the Temple Scroll was an eschatalogical law book, composed around ...

Summarizes the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their discovery, nature chronology, literary character, and background.

Controversy has surrounded the Dead Sea Scrolls ever since they were first discovered in caves bordering the Dead Sea. what is their true meaning? What revelations do they hold ...