Dead Sea Scrolls
Bible
The Oldest Known Bible
Translated for the First Time into English
MARTIN ABEGG, JR.,
PETER FLINT, AND
EUGENE ULRICH
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bible. O.T. English. Abegg et al. 1999.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: the oldest known Bible translated for the first time into English [by] Martin Abegg, Jr., Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-06-060064-8
1. Bible. O.T. Hebrew—Versions—Dead Sea scrolls—Translations into English.
I. Abegg, Martin G. II. Flint, Peter W. III. Ulrich, Eugene Charles, 1938–.
IV. Title.
BS895.A24 1999
221.4´4—dc21 99–26866
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At the time of Jesus and rabbi Hillel—the origins of Christianity and rabbinic Judaism—there was, and there was not, a “Bible.” This critical period, and the nature of the Bible in that period, have been freshly illuminated by the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls.
There was a Bible in the sense that there were certain sacred books widely recognized by Jews as foundational to their religion and supremely authoritative for religious practice. There was not, however, a Bible in the sense that the leaders of the general Jewish community had specifically considered, debated, and definitively decided the full range of which books were supremely and permanently authoritative and which ones—no matter how sublime, useful, or beloved—were not. The collection or collections of the Scriptures varied from group to group and from time to time. All Jews would have recognized ...
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About The Dead Sea Scrolls BibleThe Dead Sea Scrolls Bible provides a translation of the biblical manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is the first English translation of the earliest Biblical documents ever discovered. Up until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the cave of Qumran, the oldest Bible dated from the 11th century, A.D. Thus, the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible is over 1,000 years older than the previously oldest known Biblical texts. The Qumran manuscripts preserve parts of every book in the Hebrew Bible (except the Book of Esther)—however, they contain a number of differences in wording from the canonical texts as well as passages that were assumed to be lost forever. This volume is the perfect companion of The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation, which contains English translations of the non-biblical scrolls. |
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