The Dead Sea Scriptures

by Theodor Herzl Gaster (Translator)

This volume contains the translated text of the ancient Hebrew writings found in caves near the Dead Sea, plus separate introductions for each scroll as wee as new translations of the Hymns and paraphrases of the Bible narratives by Professor Gaster, one of the world's leading Hebraists.

Genres: Religion, History, Reference, Judaism

594 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1956

Reviews

[David Hibberd · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting study of the Dead Sea Scriptures. There are many footnotes and references to a multitude of scriptural and historical writings. The difficulty in reading the book is that all footnotes come at the end of chapters requiring a bookmark for the notes along with a bookmark for the reading section. Because of many missing segments in the original scrolls, there are corresponding blanks in the translation.

[Richard · Rating 2 out of 5]

That was really not interesting at all.

[Gilbert Wesley Purdy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would give it 5-stars but I think some of the translations are now considered somewhat outdated.