The Dead Sea Scrolls have revolutionized our understanding of the literature of the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and the New Testament. The study of the Scrolls is now essential for understanding the history and transmission of the earliest biblical manuscripts, the development of apocalyptic and wisdom writings, and the rise of Jewish messianism—to name only a few of the most important areas of biblical literature to which the Scrolls have made an enduring contribution. As the importance of the Scrolls has increased over the past decades, the scholarly literature has increased exponentially. This brief yet thorough book highlights the most important contributions the Scrolls have made to the study of the Bible and charts new territory for future research into the Scrolls and the Qumran community. After reading The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, students and scholars alike will have the basic understanding of the Scrolls necessary for pondering even deeper questions regarding the history, literature, and theology of the Bible.

死海古卷彻底改变了我们对希伯来圣经、第二圣殿犹太教和新约圣经文学的理解。现在，对古卷的研究对于理解最早的圣经手稿的历史和传承、世界末日和智慧著作的发展以及犹太弥赛亚主义的兴起至关重要--这只是古卷对圣经文学最重要的几个领域做出了持久的贡献。随着过去几十年来卷轴的重要性不断提高，学术文献也成倍增加。这本简短而全面的书强调了卷轴对圣经研究做出的最重要贡献，并为未来对卷轴和库姆兰社区的研究描绘了新的领域。读完《圣经与死海古卷》后，学生和学者都会对古卷有基本的了解，从而思考有关《圣经》的历史、文学和神学等更深层次的问题。