The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts With English Translations : Damascus Document, War Scroll, and Related Documents (Hardcover)

~ James H. Charlesworth (Editor), Joseph M. Baumgarten (Editor), M. T. Davis (Editor), J. Duhaime (Editor), Y. Ofer (Editor), Henry W. L. Rietz (Editor), J. J. M. Roberts (Editor), D. Schwartz (Editor), Brent A. Strawn (Editor), R. E. Whitaker (Editor) "The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice is a liturgical document composed of thirteen separate sections or Songs, one for each of the first thirteen Sabbaths..." (more)
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The Dead Sea Scrolls have revolutionized scholars' understanding of early Judaism and early Christianity. Proir to their discovery, scholars tended to re-construct pre-70 Judaism in terms of the opening of Aboth.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew, Greek --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664220371
• ISBN-13: 978-0664220372
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,417,397 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, April 18, 2006

By	R. Brady - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts with English translations. Volume 4A : Pseudepigraphic and non-masoretic psalms and prayers (Hardcover)

If you are a super-scholar who likes to do word puzzles, you mike like trying to piece together some of the many fragments of the pseudo-psalms found in this book. I was very excited to buy it because I thought it would give me greater exposure to ancient Hebrew and Aramaic. But there is not much content. There are a few psalms (e.g. 154 & 155), part of an addition to Sirach and not much more.
I had some money to spend, but I wish I had not spent it on this.
Nevertheless, for the right person, I am sure it would be worth it. After all, it is certainly not the publishers fault that there are not many pseudepigraphic and non-Masoretic Psalms to publish. It would have been nice, though, if they published the actual psalms and texts of the Bible from Qumran so that one could compare them with the Masoretic Text- or at least if they published the Rule of the Community, etc. all in one volume.

5 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey everybody, look at this!, September 12, 2001

By	Myung Sunn Ryu "mingshey" (Seoul South Korea) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's been there since 1995, and I was WAITING for s.th. like this! DSS in original language, a reference! Why has nobody recognize this? For now I'm in low budget, bus as soon as I get enough fund I'm going to buy a copy of this, and write a proper review. But if this is the complete text in original language, it's a must for everyone who wants to examine the DSS seriously.