Michael O. Wise
Author of The Dead Sea Scrolls
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- Legal name
- Wise, Michael Owen
- Birthdate
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Occupations
- Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Languages
Evangelical Free Church minister - Organizations
- University of Northwestern – St. Paul
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Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered by Robert Eisenman
A complete translation. 50 key documents. Gave to the church library.
I've become somewhat of an expert - as to a reader, that is - on the Dead Sea Scrolls. This summary is not as captivating as that by Millar Burrows - one of the first archaeologists involved with the Bedouin, Kando and Shaia when scraps of velum were offered for sale to the world in 1946/47. The reader is introduced to the Essenes one of three branches of Judaism in the first century - along with the Pharisees and Sadducees. See similarities to the early Christians. You'll wonder if John the Baptist had been an Essene.… (more)
Divided into chapters as subjects.
topics listed and briefly explained within those chapters.
the scrolls are printed as they were deciphered including the blank spaces. This is an awesome accomplishment.
topics listed and briefly explained within those chapters.
the scrolls are printed as they were deciphered including the blank spaces. This is an awesome accomplishment.
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justmeRosalie | 7 other reviews | Feb 9, 2014 |
justmeRosalie | 7 other reviews | Feb 9, 2014 | Fragments of 56 texts translated into English. Many non-biblical or extra-biblical. Included are commentaries of portions of Habakkuk, Isaiah, Hosea, Nahum, Psalms, and Genesis. Several reworkings including parts of Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, and Daniel.
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