DEAD SEA SCROLLS from Chilton Books

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and fragments of manuscripts in the caves of the jagged cliffs rising behind Khirbet Qumran has created more excitement in the field of biblical scholarship than any other archaeological find of the century...The community which produced the Scrolls existed from about the middle of the… Read more about this item

London: BCA, 1995.. 1st BCA ed. "An impressive, meticulously argued piece of scholarly detective work that reopens the question of the scrolls' origin and meaning." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 16/446, 14 illustrations + 7 maps. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.

New York: The New American Library of World Literature. 1956.. The story of the discovery of the ancient religious documents in a cave near the Dead Sea - with a scholarly interpretation of their relationship to the Holy Scriptures and the origin of Christianity". Pp 137, 8 b/w illustrations, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Shaftesbury: Element Books Ltd., 1992.. 1st ed. "This long-awaited volume will receive a ready welcome by both scholars and non-specialists alike, who are interested in Jewish history and Christian origins." Pp. 9/286, 32 b/w illustrations, inscrip. to fep, erratum slip loosely inserted. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. G+/G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1980.. Revised edition of the account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which now includes a completely new set of plates." Pp 207. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Spine slightly scuffed. G+.

London: SCM. 1994.. Reliable account of the present state of research on the Scrolls and their significance and implications for Christianity". Pp 196. Some sketch maps. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Oxford: Clarendon Press,1954.. Pp.16/96,owners name to fep,notations to verso rear board, a few marginal marks including a notation to lower margin of p.44. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. G.

London: BCA, 1995.. 1st BCA ed. This is a many-layered story of ancient oppression and modern oppression. Pp. 12/306. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/VG.

London: The Athlone Press, 1966.. 1st.ed. "The relevance and importance of the scrolls for the study of Christian beginings, doctrinal as well as historical, is now widely recognized." Pp. 24. A very few marginal spots. P/b. Slight fading to cover. G.

Shaftsbury, Dorset: Element Books Ltd., 1996.. 1st ed. "... this book takes us back to Qumran on the Dead Sea for a further exploration of the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity's formative years." Pp. 29/449, 23 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG/VG.

London: SCM, 1959.. 1st English edition, translated from the French by J. Strugnell. Studies in Biblical Theology No. 26. Pp.160. 25 black & white plates + 3 maps. Paperback, owner's details to top of front cover and small ink notations to rear cover. G+.

London: S.P.C.K., 1960.. The author subjects the pronouncements regarding the Scrolls to the tests of reason and scholarship and ruthlessly exposes their weaknesses." Pp.32,. Paperback, rusting to staples. G+.

London: Mandarin. 1995.. 1st. in this ed. "...Silberman chronicles the history - the Scrolls, he believes, are the writings of militant Jews in defiant rebellion against the might of the Romans - as well as unravelling the religious,scholarly and political quarrels and debates of the twentieth century.." Pp. 7/306. P/b. VG.

London: SPCK, 1969.. 1st.ed. "The main emphasis is on the light thrown by the Scrolls on New Testament problems...Judaism which were current during the New Testament period." Pp. 132. P/b. G+.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996.. 1st ed. "The most sensational evidence on the origins of the Gospels since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Pp. 14/193, 11 b/w illustrations, illustrated endpapers, inscrip. to fep. Dark brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: SCM, 1982.. The first chapter, The Dead Sea Scrolls:1947 - 1994, giving a bird's eye view of research and surveying the present state of Dead Sea Scroll studies, will be found particularly useful. The volume also contains a complete scroll catalogue and up-to-date bibliography." Pp.238, name to fep, slight toning to pages. P/b,uneven sunning to covers. G.

Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1982.. Rep. Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Pp. 281/[5pp.]. Clean throughout. Slight toning to pages. P/b. G+.

London: Corgi/Transworld, 1992.. The story of how and why up to 75 per cent of the eight hundred ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, hidden for some nineteen centuries, have, until very recently, remained concealed from the world". Pp 380. 24 b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG.

New York: Random House, 1998.. 1st ed. Contents include:- Archaeologists vs Bedouin: Freeing the Scrolls: The archaeology of Qumran: Undermining the Jewish Bible: Treasure Search - the Copper Scroll. Pp 246. Many b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.