War Texts 1 Qm and Related Manuscripts

The War Texts is the name given to a small group of Dead Sea Scrolls that depict the preparation for and the various phases of the eschatological battle between the 'Sons of Light' and the 'Sons of Darkness'. Jean Duhaime briefly surveys the history of these texts from their initial discovery to their official publication. He describes the different scrolls and gives details of their contents and their relationships to one another. Duhaime summarizes the various reasons supporting a dating of this composition to the Hellenistic or Roman period and provides an example of the use of the Bible in the War Texts.Duhaime, Jean is the author of 'War Texts 1 Qm and Related Manuscripts', published 2007 under ISBN 9780567045270 and ISBN 0567045277.