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OverviewSince their discovery in the Qumran caves in the beginning in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the object of intense fascination and extreme controversy. Here Professor Norman Golb intensifies the debate over the scrolls' origins, arguing that they were not the work of a small, desert-dwelling fringe sect, as other scholars have claimed, but written by many different groups of Jews and the smuggled out of Jerusalem's libraries before the Roman siege of A.D. 70. Golb also unravels the mystery behind the scholarly monopoly that controlled the scrolls for many years, and discusses his role as a key player in the successful struggle to make the scrolls widely available to both scholars and students. And he pleads passionately for an end to academic politics and a renewed commitment to the search for truth in scroll scholarship. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Norman GolbPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Imprint: Arcade Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 15.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781611453416ISBN 10: 1611453410 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 01 August 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationNorman Golb has achieved worldwide renown through his manuscript discoveries and historical writings. A prolific author and twice a Guggenheim Fellow, he is the first holder of the Rosenberger Chair in Jewish History and Civilization at the University of Chicago and a voting member of its celebrated Oriental Institute. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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