This single volume collects all the Hebrew biblical manuscripts from Qumran--a transcription of each fragment in biblical order plus its textual variants. These manuscripts are the most authentic witnesses to the Scriptures at the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism.
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This single volume collects all the Hebrew biblical manuscripts from Qumran--a transcription of each fragment in biblical order plus its textual variants. These manuscripts are the most authentic witnesses to the Scriptures at the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism.
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FINE in FINE jacket. xvi, 796pp. 4to, Sewn binding in Navy cloth with gilt stamped lettering. FINE in FINE dust jacket. Out of print with Brill, though they will sell you a PDF for $223. Scarce in trade. 'The Biblical Qumran Scrolls presents all the Hebrew biblical manuscripts recovered from the eleven caves at Qumran. It provides a transcription of each identifiable fragment in consecutive biblical order together with the textual variants it contains. These manuscripts antedate by a millennium the previously available Hebrew manuscripts. They are the oldest, the best, and the most authentic witnesses to the texts of the Scriptures as they circulated in Jerusalem and surrounding regions at the time of the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. ' The complete authoritative and authoritative edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. [Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran].