Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Year 1956
Type Book
Genre biblical studies
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For general readers wanting a sober early account of the Scrolls and their bearing on the Bible; not for those wanting current Qumran scholarship.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 2 of 5 moderate

An early, measured account of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1956, revised 1961 and 1966) and what they do and do not show about the Bible.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 0 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 0 of 5
Sociological 2 of 5
Historical 5 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Bruce's book on the Dead Sea Scrolls, published by Paternoster in 1956 (160 pages), less than ten years after the first discoveries, and revised in 1961 and 1966; Eerdmans published it in America and Wipf & Stock reprinted it in 2006. Written while the finds were being published and much discussed, it describes the discoveries, the texts and the community at Qumran, and weighs claims then being made about their significance for the Old Testament text and for Christian origins. It is the first of several studies he wrote on the Scrolls, followed by The Teacher of Righteousness in the Qumran Texts (1957) and Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts (1959).

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Catalog IDW.FV8C19.G

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