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If one had to single out the most revolutionary novelty furnished by Qumran, its contribution to our understanding of the genesis of Jewish literary compositions could justifiably be our primary choice.

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The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews.

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The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story.

Geza Vermes

Geza Vermes

Geza Vermes

Born: June 22, 1924

Died: May 8, 2013 (aged 88)

Bio: Géza Vermes was a British scholar of Jewish Hungarian origin one who also served as a Catholic priest in his youth and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian.

Known for:

Jesus the Jew (1973)
The authentic gospel of Jesus (2003)
Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (1997)
Christian Beginnings (2012)
The changing faces of Jesus (2000)

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