The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Currents in Theology and Mission | Date: June 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By James VanderKam and Peter Flint (HarperSan-Francisco, $34.95). Now that all of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been published, V. and F. provide an up-to-date introduction in five parts: Discoveries, Dating, Archeology, and New Methods; The Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture; The Nonbiblical Scrolls and their Message; The Scrolls and the New Testament; and Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls. A few gleanings: the Essenes were, after all, the commu...

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