The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account : : A Revised Edition of the Author's Untold Story of Qumran / / John C. Trever.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 p.) :; 16 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- 1. A Telephone Call in Troubled Jerusalem
- 2. "Let Your Evidence Lead You . . ."
- 3. Convictions Confirmed
- 4. A Day of Days
- 5. Progress Under Pressure
- 6. More Problems
- 7. A Frantic Search for Film
- 8. The Truth is Revealed
- 9. Planning an Expedition
- 10. First News Released to the World
- 11. Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
- 13. What Had Happened Before
- 13. The Odyssey of the Scrolls
- 14. The Mystery of the Daniel Fragments
- 15. Failure as a Salesman
- 16. Further Adventures of Discovery
- 17. Putting the Pieces Together
- 18. Spiritual Gleanings From Qumran
- APPENDICES
- Appendix I. Interview With Th'amireh Bedouins
- APPENDIX II. Outline of the Dead Sea Scroll Story
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Maps