TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burrows,Millar
TI  - The Dead Sea scrolls
AV  - BM40.D4 B8 1956b
U1  - 221.4 18
PY  - 1956///
CY  - London
PB  - Secker & Warburg
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-435); Discoveries and discussions: The first discoveries -- Alarms and excursions -- Later discoveries
The age of the manuscripts: The Evidence of Archeaology and Paleography -- The Evidence of text and language
The dates of composition: Historical Allusions in the Habbakkuk Commentary: The Kittim -- Historical allusions in the Habakkuk Commentary: Dramatis Personae -- Identifications of Persons and events -- Historical allusions in the other documents -- Ideas, vocabulary and literary relations
The community of Qumran: Origin, History and organization -- Beliefs -- Identification
The importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar, and Paleography -- Contributions to the study of Judaism and Christianity 
Translations: The Damascus document -- The Habakkuk commentary -- The manual of discipline -- Selections from The War of the Sons of Light with the Sons of Darkness -- Selections from the Thanksgiving Psalms
ER  -