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Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text
by Cross, Frank Moore; Shemaryahu Talmon (eds.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0674743601
- ISBN 13
- 9780674743601
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Lg. octavo. [8],415pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Collection of essays relating to the history of the biblical text. Some papers are general surveys of the field; some are programmatic essays propounding new theories; several are first publications of new manuscript data. Includes studies by the editors stating their present outlook with suggestions of new approaches to the task of textual criticism. "Appended is a list of of published manuscripts or manuscript fragments from the Judean desert, and bibliography." Most essays in English, some text in French and German. Some underlining in pencil to few pages, easily erasable. Minor scuffing on boards, head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Interior in near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27430
- Title
- Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text
- Author
- Cross, Frank Moore; Shemaryahu Talmon (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674743601
- ISBN 13
- 9780674743601
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- hebrew bible, judaism, jewry, old testament, qumran manuscripts, ancient hebrew texts, ancient hebrew manuscripts
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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