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Rating: - Dead Sea Scrolls
I am very satisfied with this book. My daughter in law is very interested in this subject as I am.

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Rating: - A little Disappointed
When I fist heard about the Dead Sea Scrolls, I was under the impression that the contained stories about Jesus.This is not true. It's basically an add on of the Old Testament.On top of that, it's literally bits and pieces of stories that I guess were all that could be salvaged.The only "plus" is that this version includes translation help from the author so that you can at least attempt to figure out what the stories are talking about because without it, they would make no sense whatsoever. But then again, these are translations, and can be influenced by what the authors believe. All in all I don't recommend this book if you are trying to find out any "unknown" information about Jesus, or really anything in general.Good if you want more info from the Old Testament I guess.

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Rating: - Old Testament laws
What else can I say about this that hasn't already been said? I had heard of the scrolls, and for a long time only had a vague sort of interest in them. Having read them, I am glad I did. They expand on and include most of the laws talked about in the first five books. If you buy this book, you must also buy the Nag Hammadi. They complement each other very well.

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Rating: - Perfect on having a glimpse on whats on the mind of these ancient people
It can be an eye opener scholarly speaking for those who are studying the nature of one of the judaism's ancient ascetic sect...the essene. Their thoughts are embeded in this old writings. While reading it, it tells me many lessons that i could consider..somehow in my own opinion by the looks of some of the passages (wars) of their writings, it tells the reason why this sect become extinct after the roman invation. But this book gave me an idea whats on the mind of this ancient people... the inspiration, the rituals, the teachings they had. I think those people who have an interest just as mine (historically, scholarlly, spiritually) will benefit from it.

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Rating: - The Sea may be Dead but not so the Scrolls.
As a newcomer to the Dead Sea Scrolls, I really appreciate the very compehensive introduction to the revised edition of this book, which makes the reading of the texts themselves even more fascinating.

The introduction covers the following topics: Discovery and Publication; How the scrolls were written; The languages used in the scrolls; Scripts used for writing the scrolls; Contents of the scrolls; The site where they were found; The origin of the scrolls; Problems associated with the original assumptions with regard to their origin; An alternative proposal as to their origin; A Dead Sea Scrolls Timeline, and a section on how to go about reading the texts.

Unlike others reviewers who have critcised the commentaries accompanying each text, I have found them extremely useful, even when I may have disagreed with some of the conclusions.

In every way this is a 5-star publication.