qumran community

Presents a brief introduction to the Dead Sea scrolls, providing information on their cultural and historical background and explaining what insight they provide about the origins of Christianity and Judaism as well as how they were discovered and deciphered.

Examines the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the controversies surrounding them, discussing such topics as their dating; their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament; the theology of the Qumran community; and the nonbiblical scrolls.

Presents a brief introduction to the Dead Sea scrolls, providing information on their cultural and historical background and explaining what insight they provide about the origins of Christianity and Judaism as well as how they were discovered and deciphered.