The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism and The War For The Dead Sea Scrolls

FEW ANCIENT DOCUMENTS HAVE EXERTED SUCH MYSTICAL POWERS AS THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

These remnants of a past civilization liave been at the heart of disputes ever since their discovery in caves in the desert by Bedouins in the 1940s.

Neil Silberman chronicles the history - the Scrolls, he believes, are the writings of militant Jews in defiant rebellion against the might of the Romans - as well as unravelling the religious, scholarly and political quarrels and debates of the twentieth century. Now, with their availability for international study, the Scrolls will suggest a new way of thinking about both the past and the present for Jews and Christians alike.

The Hidden Scrolls is a fascinating, multi-layered story of ancient oppression and modern suppression. It makes powerful, passionate reading.

ISBN:9780749320577