Investigates why the contents of the earliest biblical manuscripts, found forty years ago, are still being withheld from the general public and studies unpublished materials that provide some startling new views about the early Christians. 40,000 first printing.
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Mouthpiece for Eisenman:
The main problem with this book is that Robert Eisenman is not credited as a co-author. Essentially everything is written to harmonize with Eisenman theories, so much so in fact that he must have had significant input to its content. I cannot find fault with the author's dating of the sectarian scrolls, and how conventional scholars neglect the obvious, but the real "deception" is hardly that the scrolls are the work of early Christians. If one actually reads the scrolls, which very few people bother... more info
Fascinating and pretty well supported:
This is a fascinating book about two controversial topics. The first one is how the International Team dominated by Roman Catholic Fathers controlled the possession and withheld all information from the Dead Sea Scrolls since their discovery in 1947 until 1991 when the Huntington Library in California released complete set of photos of the Scrolls. The second topic is Pauline Christianity or how this religion was really created by Paul. There are no valid reasons why a team of Roman Catholic Fathers... more info
torn about this:
I'm still not sure about the scholarship of this book. Some of the DSS history is accurate and can be authenticated from myriads of other sources. But some of the "deceptions" I don't know about, some seem pretty far fetched. It does at least reveal what scholars already know but Christians seem ignorant of though: that the scrolls do nothing at all to advance biblical scholarship and have nothing whatsoever to do with "New" Testament documents.
Informative but promotes a lame conspiracy theory!:
According to the Consensus View (Frank Cross; Fr.Devaux;P. Benoit; Milik; Strugnell)Qumran was inhabited by Essenes, who were ascetic, pacifist, reclusive people totally enamoured with the Torah. These people built on the ruins of an abandoned Israelite fortress (first built around 600 B.C.). Major buildings were erected around 100 B.C.. The community was destroyed by a fire caused by an earthquake in 31 B.C. Rebuilt under Herod's son, it flourished as a quietist, politically neutral community until it was... more info
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