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The Essenes, the scrolls, and the Dead Sea

Title
The Essenes, the scrolls, and the Dead Sea / Joan E. Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Joan E.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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xvii, 418 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-383) and indexes.
Contents
The Essenes in ancient literature. "A peculiar problem" : a short history of scholarship on the Essesnes -- Philo of Alexandria -- Josephus -- The Herodians of the Gospel of Mark -- Pliny -- Dio Chrysostom, Synesius, and Julius Solinus -- Christian and Jewish writings from the second to fifth centuries -- Conclusions : the essential Essenes -- The Dead Sea, the Essenes, and the scrolls. The history of the Dead Sea -- Essenes beside the Dead Sea : Qumran -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- "Roots, remedies and properties of stones" : Dead Sea healing -- General conclusions.
Call Number
*PFX 13-114
ISBN
  • 9780199554485 (hbk.)
  • 019955448X (hbk.)
OCLC
801588278
Author
Taylor, Joan E.
Title
The Essenes, the scrolls, and the Dead Sea / Joan E. Taylor.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-383) and indexes.
Research Call Number
*PFX 13-114
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