| Preface |
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1 | (28) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (27) |
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3 | (1) |
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The Seven Original Scrolls |
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3 | (5) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Methods for Dating the Discoveries |
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15 | (1) |
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Methods for Dating the Scrolls |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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Methods for Dating the Other Archeological Remains |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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A Villa with a Dining Room |
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24 | (5) |
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Survey of the Manuscripts |
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29 | (42) |
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29 | (5) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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Apocryphal And Pseudepigraphal Texts |
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34 | (9) |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira) |
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35 | (1) |
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Letter of Jeremiah (=Baruch 6) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (28) |
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Commentaries on Biblical Material |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (2) |
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The Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab) |
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46 | (3) |
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The Nahum Commentary (4Q169) |
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49 | (1) |
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The Commentary on Psalm 37 (4Q171, 173) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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The Melchizedek Text (11QMelch) |
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53 | (1) |
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A Commentary on Genesis (4Q252) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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The Temple Scroll (11QTemple) |
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59 | (1) |
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Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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Texts about the New Jerusalem |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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The Identification of the Qumran Group |
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71 | (28) |
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The Case For The Essene Hypothesis |
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71 | (16) |
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The Evidence from Pliny the Elder |
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71 | (4) |
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The Qumran Texts and Essene Beliefs and Practices |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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Problems With The Essene Hypothesis |
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87 | (5) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (7) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (4) |
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99 | (22) |
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A Sketch Of The Qumran Group's History |
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99 | (9) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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A Sketch Of Qumran Thought And Practice |
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108 | (13) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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The Community of the New Covenant |
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111 | (1) |
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Scriptural Interpretation |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (4) |
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The Scrolls and the Old Testament |
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121 | (38) |
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The Text Of The Old Testament |
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121 | (13) |
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The Period of the Old Testament |
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122 | (1) |
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The Pre-Qumran Textual Witnesses |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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Qumran Agreements with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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Theories about Textual Development |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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A Theory of Textual Plurality and Variety |
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133 | (1) |
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New Information About The History Of Some Texts |
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134 | (8) |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (17) |
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142 | (1) |
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The Prologue to Sirach (the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
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Philo, On the Contemplative Life 25 |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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Josephus, Against Apion 1.37-43 |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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Books Quoted as Authorities |
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153 | (1) |
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Other Authoritative Books |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (3) |
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The Scrolls and the New Testament |
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159 | (28) |
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159 | (3) |
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Similarities Between The Scrolls And The New Testament |
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162 | (25) |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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New Testament Papyri in Cave 7? |
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166 | (1) |
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Qumran Words and Phrases in the New Testament |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (3) |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (5) |
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Controversies about the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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187 | (16) |
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Editing And Publishing The Scrolls |
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187 | (6) |
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193 | (10) |
| Index |
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203 | (6) |
| Maps |
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