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Fitzmyer, Joseph A.

The impact of the Dead Sea scrolls Joseph A. Fitzmyer. - New York : Paulist Press, c2009. - xi, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

The Dead Sea scrolls: terminology, discovery, and dating -- The Dead Sea scrolls: archaeology, the excavation of Khirbet Qumran -- The Palestinian Jewish sect of the Essenes: history and organization -- The languages of the scrolls -- The Scriptures in the scrolls: Old Testament, Targums, Canon -- The use and interpretation of Scripture in the sect -- Apocryphal, sapiential, liturgical, and eschatological literature -- Beliefs and practices of the sect: dualism, eschatology, messianism, calendar -- The scrolls and Christianity: John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, New Testament -- The scrolls and the writings of Paul of Tarsus -- The scrolls and Johannine writings -- The scrolls and other Christian writings -- The copper scroll -- The end of the Qumran community.

ISBN: 9780809146154 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0809146150

LCCN: 2009016043

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Qumran community.

LC Class. No.: BM487 FIT / .F546 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 296.1/55