The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

by George J. Brooke

Book Overview

Brooke illuminates the first-century world shared by theQumran community and the writers of the NewTestament.

The Dead Sea Scrolls have provided Old Testamentscholars with an enormous wealth of data for textualcriticism as well as theology. But, as Brooke skillfullydemonstrates, New Testament scholars can use the Scrolls tolearn more about the linguistic, historical, religious, andsocial contexts of Palestine in the first century.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637240
• ISBN13: 9780800637248
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"