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The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls A Powell Davies Retail Price: $20.00 CenturyOne Price: $14.00 You Save: $6.00 (30%) Availability: Out-Of_Print Format: Paperback, 144pp. ISBN: 0451626192 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: June 1956 Book Information: Description About the Author Table of Contents Customer Reviews Find Similar Books Average Customer Review: Out-Of-Print A new copy is not available from CenturyOne at this time. A used copy may be available from our network of book dealers. Search Out-of-Print   Item No: 2704-0 Description From The Publisher: Exploring the greatest challenge to Christian dogma since Darwin's theory of Evolution is posed by the Dead Sea Scrolls. The fascinating story of the discovery and meaning of the world-famed Dead Sea Scrolls is unfolded in this arresting book, which brilliantly describes the importance and tremendous interest to believers everywhere of the centuries-old documents found in a cave in the Holy Land and now the prime study of the world's leading religious scholars. About the Author A. Powell Davies was a pastor in Washington D.C. Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE: The Discovery of the Scrolls The Manuscripts from Wadi Qumran Exploration and Further Discoveries Excavation of Khirbet Qumran Vicissitudes of the Scrolls What the Scrolls Contain Significance of the Discovery Ignored by New Testament Scholars Public Interest Aroused CHAPTER TWO: The Dating of the Scrolls Stormy debate on a Crucial Question The evidence of Paleography Argument Gives Way to Archaeolgy Archaeology, Numismatics and Radio-Carbon Test Probability That Is Almost Certainty CHAPTER THREE: The Sect of the Scrolls The Elite of a Chosen People The People of the Sinai Covenant The Prophets of Righteousness The Period That Produced the Sect Scriptures Not in the Bible The Jewish Religious Parties Who Were the Essenes? The Essenes and the Sect of the Scrolls Essenic Beliefs and the Teacher of Righteousness What Happened to the Essenes? CHAPTER FOUR: The Scrolls and Christian Origins The Scholars and the Laity The Scrolls and the New Testament Christian Origins and Pagan Influences The Second Battle of the Scrolls: Theology versus History The Early Church and the Essenic Sects More About Scriptures Not in the Bible Hypothesis and Conjecture Some Questions That Invite New Answers Who Were the Early Christians? Some Suggestions for Further Inquiry CHAPTER FIVE: The Scrolls and Jesus Schweitzer's View of Jesus Jesus as Messiah of Israel Jesus as Timeless Teacher The Word Still Spoken Conclusion: Is It Gain or Loss for Religion? Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject Dead Sea Scrolls Responses to 101 Questions about the Dead Sea Scrolls

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