Los Rollos del Mar Muerto: Una Historia Breve

by Weston W. Fields

Who discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls? When and where were they discovered? How were they saved? Who has them now? Will more be discovered? Have all the scrolls been published? Are some still hidden away? Were there conspiracies to suppress some scrolls? How do the scrolls affect Christianity and Judaism? How similar are the biblical scrolls to our Bible today? These and other questions are answered in The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Short History, which offers information from exclusive interviews and unpublished archives. This is a Spanish translation of The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Short History.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 2006

Reviews

[C.H. Cobb]

Good, brief summary of the discovery and subsequent collection and publishing of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Seems to be very well researched. I read John C. Trever's "The Untold Story of Qumran." Fields' account brings together a lot more of the players, and assembles the whole story more completely. Trever's excellent account tells it from the joy and excitement of one who was in the middle of the story. Both books are outstanding.

Fields' account also does a good job of explaining why publication of much of the DSS material was so long delayed - a matter which seemed to those outside the actual work on the scrolls to be somewhat mysterious, even sinister. He's very fair and even-handed to the scholars involved. Fields also includes a very brief but interesting summary of the slightly different views of the Essenes, based on the different source materials (Josephus, Pliny, and Philo).

This is an excellent, concise summary of the history of the DSS. Well worth the time.

[Brenda Asterino]

This is a brief history of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It gets into conspiracies, the effect of the scrolls on Judaism and Christianity, letters associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is concise and very interesting.121 pages.

[David Diaz]

This a brief and clearly written summary of the history behind the Dead Sea Scrolls. From their discovery in 1947, to the negotiations, eventual sales, and publication of the hundreds of manuscripts, this book gives the reader a birds-eye view of the scrolls.