{"id":4417,"date":"2008-10-30T00:20:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/10\/beginning-with-the-dead-sea-sc.html"},"modified":"2008-10-30T00:20:51","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T00:20:51","slug":"beginning-with-the-dead-sea-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/10\/beginning-with-the-dead-sea-sc.html","title":{"rendered":"Beginning with the Dead Sea Scrolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you asked or been asked this question: How can I learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls in a way that I can understand what is going on? Books about the DSS tend to be very academic and for specialists, so I was pumped when I saw this book: my colleague and friend, Joel Willitts, has a new book: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDead-Scrolls-Essential-Bible-Reference%2Fdp%2F1859856608%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1223426793%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The Dead Sea Scrolls<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>. <!--more|inline--><\/p>\n<p>The first thing to say is that an introduction that lay folks can read needs to be brief: a 400 page introduction won&#8217;t fit the bill. Joel&#8217;s book is 32 pages &#8212; glossy, colored, and filled with pictures and maps and graphs. <\/p>\n<p>The second thing is that it&#8217;s got to have prose that keeps our attention: this book does that.<\/p>\n<p>Third: it&#8217;s got to have good pictures and good maps and good graphs. This book&#8217;s got them.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a brief, readable and illustrated introduction, this book is it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you asked or been asked this question: How can I learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls in a way that I can understand what is going on? 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