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by: Joseph A. Fitzmyer See Larger Image List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $11.01 You Save: $1.94 (15%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $0.01 Third Party New Price: $3.17 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 296.155 EAN: 9780809133482 ISBN: 0809133482 Label: Paulist Press Manufacturer: Paulist Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 1992-11 Publisher: Paulist Press Sales Rank: 685122 Studio: Paulist Press Related Items: The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity The Dead Sea Scrolls - Revised Edition: A New Translation Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader From the Biblical Archaeology Review The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature) The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Classics) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Questions and answers that people ask today about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls—their contents, their significance, and recent developments about them—written by an expert who has worked on the scrolls from the beginning. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Dead Sea Scrolls Joseph Fitzmyer is one of the most accomplished Catholic bible scholars today writing from the moderate perspective. This book on the Dead Scrolls may be a bit dated (it came out in 1992), but it remains an excellent introduction to the Scrolls and the controvery surrounding them. As Fitzmyer concedes, the delay in the publication of certain scrolls was scandelous, but there is no reason to think there was anything nefarious in the delay (such as a conspiracy by Catholic scholars). Likewise, although ... Read More Rating: - Everything you've wanted to know about the Dead Sea scrolls Fitzmyer is one of the the preeminent scholars on the Dead Sea scrolls. He studied them since the 1950's. This handy book is posed as a series of questions and answers about the scrolls. The most important revelation of the scrolls is the light they have shed on the Judaism of the time. "The authors who wrote the Qumran scrolls were Jews to the hilt...In line with the general trend of postexilic Judaism they regarded Yahweh as the exalted and transcendent creator of all" (p 48). ... Read More Rating: - The best guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls There are a number of books on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some are well balanced, and others simply what one can call sensationalism. Father Joseph A. Fitzmyer, an Aramaic expert, as well as one of the world's best biblical scholars,belonging to the school of Prof.William f.Albright,was involved in the Dead Sea Scrolls project since the 1950s. He edited the Tobit texts of these documents coming from the Essenes. His book is easy to read and provides a lot of information. A must for scholar and layman alike. Browse for similar items by category: Ancient - History - Subjects - Books - General Ancient - History - Subjects - Books - General AAS Bible & Other Sacred Texts - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Bible & Other Sacred Texts - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Dead Sea Scrolls