The Story of the Scrolls : The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Paperback)

from Pondlife

The author has been working with the Dead Sea scrolls since their discovery in the 1940s, so as you'd expect this book is filled with a lot of detail backed up by first-hand accounts. Given the amount of detail in the book, it's surprisingly readable. I still found it a bit dry, but that's really...

from mldavis2

I read this as an amateur student of religious history. The Dead Sea Scrolls have been studied for over 50 years now and although they do not "change" much of what we know about the bible itself, they do offer much insight into the background of the origin of Judeo-Christian texts. Author Vermes ...

from billt568

What a fun, well written little book on the discovery, academic battles, content, and publishing of the Qumran Scrolls.

from William-Tucker

What a fun, well written little book on the discovery, academic battles, content, and publishing of the Qumran Scrolls.

from billt568

What a fun, well written little book on the discovery, academic battles, content, and publishing of the Qumran Scrolls.