Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Edition

• Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general reader.
  
• Explains how revolutionary the discovery of the Scrolls was and their enduring significance.
  
• Sets the Scrolls within the wider context of Jewish history and religion of the second temple period.
  
• Now expanded to include additional material about the scrolls themselves and recent theories about the community behind them.

This book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines.Content:
Chapter 1 What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? (pages 1–21):
Chapter 2 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible (pages 22–45):
Chapter 3 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes (pages 46–77):
Chapter 4 An Essene Community at Qumran (pages 78–110):
Chapter 5 The Nature of the Evidence (pages 111–132):
Chapter 6 Christianity Reconsidered (pages 133–153):
Chapter 7 Controversy and Conspiracy (pages 154–177):