Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from the Schøyen Collection

510 Pages·2016·37.61 MB·English

by  Torleif Elgvin

LIBRARY OF SECOND TEMPLE STUDIES
71
formerly the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series
Editor
Lester L. Grabbe
Editorial Board
Randall D. Chesnutt, Philip R. Davies, Jan Willem van Henten, Judith M. Lieu, Steven Mason,
James R. Mueller, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, James C. VanderKam
Founding Editor
James H. Charlesworth

Gleanings from the Caves

Gleanings from the Caves
Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from The Schøyen Collection
Edited by
Torleif Elgvin
With Associate Editors
Kipp Davis and Michael Langlois
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ISBN: HB: 978-0-5671-1300-9
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Series: Library of Second Temple Studies, volume 71
Cover image © Michael DeFreitas / Robert Harding, Qumran caves, Israel.
Back photo courtesy of The Schøyen Collection.
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This book is a product of the project ‘Biblical Texts Older than the Bible’ at University of Agder. The project has
received generous support from the University of Agder, the Research Council of Norway, and NLA University
College. Torleif Elgvin has received further support from the Norwegian Non-Fiction Literature Fund for writing his
contributions.