The Dead Sea Scrolls by Carsten Peter Thiede

The Dead Sea Scrolls by Carsten Peter Thiede

A radical new perspective on the Dead Sea Scrolls by the controversial and bestselling author of The Jesus Papyrus In this exciting new book, controversial author and scholar Carsten Thiede turns his attention to perhaps the most enigmatic ancient documents ever found in the Bible lands: the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unravelling the complex history of the Scrolls since their discovery in 1947, Carsten Thiede sets them in context by revealing what scholars now know about the Essene community which originated them. He then turns his attention to the scrolls themselves. Using his own pioneering methods in restoring the papyri, Thiede has made a remarkable find amongst them: an early fragment which can be identified as part of Mark's Gospel. The connections between the Jewish Essenes and the early Christians, Thiede argues, show that the early Christians saw themselves essentially as a movement within Judaism and not as founders of a radically new religion. This perspective has major implications for the way we view not only the Scrolls themselves but also the origins of the movement that has become a major world faith, now celebrating its second millennium.

Carsten Peter Thiede is a Professor of New Testament History and Papyrology at STH in Basel, Switzerland, and teaches at the Department of International Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. His book The Jesus Papyrus, co-written with Matthew d'Ancona, was a major bestseller. Born in 1952, Thiede has held academic posts at the universities of Berlin, Geneva and Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780745950501
ISBN 10	0745950507
Title	The Dead Sea Scrolls
Author	Carsten Peter Thiede
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SPCK Publishing
Year published	2001-07-20
Number of pages	256
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