| Qumran Cave 4: IX: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Kings Contributor(s): Ulrich, Eugene (Author), Cross, Frank Moore (Author), Crawford, Sidnie White (Author) |
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ISBN: 019826366X ISBN-13: 9780198263661 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $323.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: This volume continues the publication of the series of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains twenty-four Hebrew manuscripts of the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Kings. These texts antedate by a millennium those that had previously held the title of the earliest surviving Hebrew biblical manuscripts. They document a pluriformity acceptable in the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became standardized later in the Christian and Rabbinic period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Dewey: 221.44 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 9.43" W x 12.58" (2.85 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This definitive scholarly edition continues the publication of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran Cave 4. It contains twenty-four manuscripts of the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Kings, antedating previous Hebrew texts by a millennium. The scrolls are valuable witnesses to the pluriform nature of the ancient biblical text and have been used for recent revised translation of the Bible. |
