The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English

by Martin G. Abegg Jr., Eugene Ulrich, Peter W. Flint

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.

Genres: Religion, Theology, Christianity, Spirituality, Reference, Judaism, Christian

684 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2012

Reviews

[Krzysztof]

Waste of money! Which Dss translation is right???

Depending of who is translating the text you read different thing!!!!
The biggest problem is that you have to belive the translators who are manipulating the text!
Their opinions are different even in dss!
Its so frustrating!

2 Samuel 12:31
31 He brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
http://dssenglishbible.com/2%20samuel...

2 Samuel 12:31
He also let out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron har]ro[ws, and iron axes, or put them to work making bricks. This is what he did in all the A]mmo[nite cities. Then David and the whole army returned to Jerusalem.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible

He also brought out the people who were in it, and set them under saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
NASB 1995

31 He also brought out the people who were in it, and put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made [a]others [b]serve at the brick [c]works. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
NASB 2020


The brick-kiln.—This is the reading of the Hebrew text, and there is no sufficient reason to call it in question. The Hebrew margin, however, has “through Malchan; “and hence some have supposed that David made the Ammonites pass through the same fire by which they were accustomed to consecrate their children to Molech.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

https://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_s...
https://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-31.htm

This translation has been manipulated!
I don't recomend it!!!

[Celz Lin]

Very informative. I was cross reading to verify some facts. I’m really so glad to read this book.

[A.]

Really interesting to read what the biblical Dead Sea scrolls said; I appreciated the background information about each scroll/major inclusion.

[Lisa Greer]

This is really great, but I wish I had included the books of Enoch.

[Kevin Graham]

"CE and BCE" In a book on The Dead Sea Scrolls?

Difficult to get through with the anti-Christian bias coming through with the way dates were listed. Would have been a good resource if the dates were used correctly as BC and AD.

[slaveofone]

The next best thing to owning the Discoveries from the Judaean Desert Series is this book. And while the DJD Series costs $200-$300 apiece, this beauty goes for less than $20. One of the only translations available (but a pretty decent one) of the canonical books from the Dead Sea Scrolls collected together in one volume. Like a Critical Edition, extensive notes list important or interesting variants between the DSS and various other manuscripts. Lacua, breaks, and gaps in the DSS books (as compiled from the various texts for each book) are filled in using the Masoretic--the Masoretic is clearly distinguished from the DSS. Several additional goodies are included such as newly discovered Psalms and Sirach.

[James]

Amazing in that it includes certain apocryphal works, due both to their antiquity and their composition in Hebrew as opposed to Greek.

Limited in that these books are in fragments and not exactly in complete copies as they existed BACK THEN.

[Aaron]

Like my English Translation of the Septuagint, this book is very helpful to use as a companion with my study bible. It has a great general introduction about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the community they came from, as well as good introductions prior to each book/scroll.

[Dr. Paul T. Blake]

This is one of my translations I'm using for my Torah study this year.

[Cherry Thomas]

So far so good....

[Theresa]

Read this slowly a couple of stanzas at time. Very detailed in information, relating to the finding, accurate translations, differences between texts, what the cultural meaning of the texts were.