Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1992

Overview

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? What is Qumran and what relation do the Dead Sea Scrolls have to it? Where are the scrolls today? How do the authors of the scrolls conceive of God? What do these scrolls tell us about first-century Judaism? Does the title Son of Man occur in the Scrolls? Joseph A. Fitzmyer tackles these and many other questions that people ask about the discovery, contents, and significance of one of the greatest manuscript discoveries of all time.

Contents

Top Highlights

“In the specific sense, ‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ is used of the scrolls and fragments found in eleven caves in the area of Qumran.” (Page 1)

“ 25 caves had artifacts and pottery similar to that found in Cave 1 and at the community center” (Page 2)

“the DSS, which have been hailed as ‘the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times’ (W. F. Albright).” (Page 2)

“only eleven caves in the vicinity of Qumran yielded written material” (Page 2)

Product Details

• Title: Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer
• Series: 101 Questions and Answers Series
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1992
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Dead Sea Scrolls › Introductions; Dead Sea Scrolls › Relation to the New Testament
• ISBNs: 0809133482, 9780809133482
• Resource ID: LLS:RSPNSS101SCRLLS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:48:08Z

About Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Joseph A. Fitzmyer (1920–2016), SJ, was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He was a noted scholar of New Testament and Aramaic, and taught at Woodstock College, University of Chicago, Fordham University, and Weston School of Theology. In 1984 he was awarded the Berkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by the British Royal Academy. He was the American member of the Biblical Commission, president of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and past president of both The Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. He authored over 20 books, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, and he was coeditor of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary.