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San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint.. This work from three of the most-noted Dead Sea Scrolls scholars brings the ancient scrolls of Qumran vividly to life. Translating and deciphering virtually every legible portion of the fragmented scrolls, Michael Wise, Martin Abegg Jr., and Edward Cook provide commentary throughout the text that places the scrolls in their true historical context. In their introduction, they not only present an overview of the often surprising contents of the scrolls, but also discuss what is perhaps their greatest mystery: who authored them and why.513p. bibliography, index of MS. Slight scuffing to cover, else fine..
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation
by Wise, Michael O.; Abegg, Martin G.; & Cook, Edward M.
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Dead Sea Scrolls: Their History and Myths Revealed
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Toronto: Prospero Books / Indigo, 2012 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. One of the greatest historical unearthings of modern times, the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered by a Bedouin shepherd in the Judean in 1947, and quick became the subject of endless debate and speculation.Yet it was not until 1991 that all 800 documents from eleven caves were translated and immediately numerous theories were posed about their true authorship and dating.DeSalvo places the scrolls in their historic context, and explains their classification and the methods of working on and dating the scrolls. He discusses specific texts, the enigmatic Essene community at Qumran, and what has come to light about the scrolls from the artifacts, cemeteries and graves that surround the settlement at Khirbet Qumran.The now famous Copper Scroll with its detailed list of supposed buried treasure is examined as are the theories surrounding it, such as the possible connection with the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, and the…
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Greek and Syrian miniatures in Jerusalem
by Hatch, William Henry Paine
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Cambridge MA: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1931 Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. With an introduction and a description of each of the seventy-one miniatures reproduced [by] William Henry Paine Hatch. "All the Greek pictures are preserved in codices belonging to the Greek patriarchal library in Jerusalem, and the Syrian miniatures are taken from a manuscript in the Syrian orthodox convent of St. Mark in that city."(xiii, 136 p., lxxii p. of plates) "750 copies of been printed of which this is " ... NOT numbered. "Two discreet library stamps, else fine.
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Hilandar Slavic Codices : A Checklist of the Slavic Manuscripts from the Hilandar Monastery Available on Microfilm at OSU Libraries.
by Matejic, Mateja
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Columbus OH: Ohio State University, 1976 Book. Near Fine. Comb Binding . First Edition.. Ohio State University, Slavic papers no. 2. A checklist of MSS in Bulgarian, Greek, Russian and Serbian. 155p. indices. Typesscript text, neat and complete, but paper is age-toned,[This editon not in Worldcat].
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