The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account
eBook - PDF

The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account

A Revised Edition of the Author's Untold Story of Qumran

  1. 265 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account

A Revised Edition of the Author's Untold Story of Qumran

About this book

Trever relates the story of the frantic scholarly explorations carried on against the harried backdrop of war-torn Palestine, an absorbing story of intrigue and undercover negotiations, personal risk and frustration, and tireless pursuit of the evidence.

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Information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781463208004
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface to the First Edition
  3. Preface to the Revised Edition
  4. 1. A Telephone Call in Troubled Jerusalem
  5. 2. "Let Your Evidence Lead You . . ."
  6. 3. Convictions Confirmed
  7. 4. A Day of Days
  8. 5. Progress Under Pressure
  9. 6. More Problems
  10. 7. A Frantic Search for Film
  11. 8. The Truth is Revealed
  12. 9. Planning an Expedition
  13. 10. First News Released to the World
  14. 11. Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
  15. 13. What Had Happened Before
  16. 13. The Odyssey of the Scrolls
  17. 14. The Mystery of the Daniel Fragments
  18. 15. Failure as a Salesman
  19. 16. Further Adventures of Discovery
  20. 17. Putting the Pieces Together
  21. 18. Spiritual Gleanings From Qumran
  22. APPENDICES
  23. Appendix I. Interview With Th'amireh Bedouins
  24. APPENDIX II. Outline of the Dead Sea Scroll Story
  25. List of Abbreviations
  26. Notes
  27. Index
  28. Maps