The Dead Sea Scrolls (Used Hardcover) - Millar Burrows

An account of archeological finds Edmund Wilson called "without any question the most precious discoveries of their kind since the texts of the Greek & Latin classics brought to light in the Renaissance."
Preface
A Word to the Wise
Discoveries & discussions
The first discoveries
Alarms & excursions
Later discoveries
The age of the manuscripts
The evidence of archeology & paleography
The evidence of text & language
The dates of composition
Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary (2 parts)
Identifications of persons & events
Historical allusions in the other documents
Ideas, vocabulary & literary relations
The community of Qumran
Origin, history & organization
Beliefs
Identification
The importance of the Dead Sea scrolls
Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar etc.
Contributions to the study of Judaism & Christianity
Translations
The Damascus document
The Habakkuk commentary
The manual of discipline
from The war of the sons of light with the sons of darkness
from the Thanksgiving psalms
Bibliography

Condition: Used Book in Acceptable Condition. The dusk jacket is worn and torn on most edges. Inscription on the inside cover.