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“The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews.”

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Géza Vermès

Источник: The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, Chapter 3: The History of the Community, p. 49

“If one had to single out the most revolutionary novelty furnished by Qumran, its contribution to our understanding of the genesis of Jewish literary compositions could justifiably be our primary choice.”

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Géza Vermès

Introduction, p. 23
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

“The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story.”

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Géza Vermès

Introduction, p. 1
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English