The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction

• Introduces the historical and cultural context of the scrolls, through the archaeology and history of the Dead Sea region 2,000 years ago.
• Provides an accessible account of the leading interpretations of the scrolls, and how they have changed the way we understand the emergence of the Old Testament, Ancient Judaism, and Early Christianity.
• Discusses the scrolls' rise to the status of cultural icon, beginning with their discovery in the 1940s, to the political, legal, and scholarly controversies that still persist today.
• Public interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls is at an all time high, thanks in part to books like The Da Vinci Code.

Readership: Readers interested in the development of Christianity and Judiasm, and the historical basis of the Bible; also students of theology or biblical studies.

Timothy Lim, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh

"an excellent addition to the series" - Evangelical Quarterly

1: The Dead Sea Scrolls as Cultural Icon
2: The Dead Sea Scrolls in their Historical Context
3: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible
4: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Judaism
5: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity