A Catalog of Biblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls.A Catalog of Biblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea. Most of the documents were written or copied between the 1st cent. B.C. and the first half of the 1st cent. A.D. . By David L. Washburn (Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship". Membership is open to the public, including 7200 individuals from over 80 countries. , $29.95). Now that almost all of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been published (the scholarly edition of the Samuel scrolls from Cave 4 is the only exception and is coming soon), an index like this is most useful. W. lists chapter and verse chapter and verse n. 1. Full, detailed information on a subject or issue: recited the client's complaints by chapter and verse. 2. Bible A specific passage. , the name of the scroll (e.g. 4Q365), where it was published (usually in the series Discoveries in the Judean Desert), and a brief characterization of the text type preserved in the scroll. One peculiarity: the books of the Bible Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Jews, and Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox Christians, although there is overlap. A table comparing the canons of these denominations appears below, for both the Old Testament and the New Testament. are listed according to their English order rather than the quite different Hebrew order. |
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