Accurate, scholarly, technical

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	• The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English Martin G. Abegg, Peter Flint, ... HarperOne, 2002 - 672 pages average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Accurate, scholarly, technical

This book has good analysis of the different variant readings from the masoretic text upon which most translations are based, and is very thorough. It would be more helpful though for personal Bible study to have a book that inserts intervening sections that are missing from the scroll fragments. Then you could read a passage through entirely, while having knowledge of textual variants so that you could discern by the holy spirit, and by looking at the context, which variant readings are correct and original. Overall, for a reference on the Biblical texts found in the dead sea scrolls, this is a valuable resource.

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Dead Sea Scrolls Bible

This book is a must read for anyone seriously studying the Bibles. It includes many early scriptures and is very well written.

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Amazing

This is an amazing book that will help you understand the history of Bible translation and about different Bible manuscripts.

Helpful but Flawed

I really like this book. I appreciate the footnotes in particular. But it really needs to make our lives easier by putting the Book and Chapter references at the top of the pages.

The most noticeable thing is Isaiah. I hear time and again that the text of the Great Isaiah scroll is virtually identical to the Masoretic text as published in the King James Version or elsewhere. And then you read this, and find hundreds of variations. Mind you, I don't find the variations a problem from a position of belief. I think, rather, that folks who believe God inerrantly preserved the Bible need to get a new theory that doesn't tie God to their human mindset. I think God has provided us a richly inspired text. The fact He expects us to think and study our way through it does not diminish its' value.

This is a great reference work, and moves the ball forward in Biblical studies. The fact there are variations within the two complete Isaiah scrolls found from within the same community should help students of the Bible understand, as Bruce Metzger said in his great book on New Testament textual studies, what we can and cannot know. ("The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration", 3rd Ed., pg 246). This book by its nature will force a thoughtful reader to more closely examine the basic assumptions of their faith, leading them to a more sure foundation for their faith.

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Fantastic

Fantastic. I studied under Abegg and Flint, and although Flint was a horrible Greek teacher, his Hebrew work is fantastic.

Great job. A must own for scholars and Pastors.

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From the dramatic find in the caves of Qumran, the world's most ancient version of the Bible allows us to read the scriptures as they were in the time of Jesus.

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