Providing many vibrant details, the authors examine the intrigue surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls and debunk many of the myths about them, including allegations of the Vatican's involvement in hiding the texts from scholars, the possibility that they contained earth shattering revelations, and the actual status of the infamous international editorial committee who limited access to the texts. A fascinating account of international relations, religious negotiation, and scholars, Canada's Big Biblical Bargain reveals another part of the fascinating tale of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The story of Canada's attempt to purchase the greatest manuscript discovery of the twentieth century.
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"With several Canadian museums having exhibited the Dead Sea Scrolls, Canada's Big Biblical Bargain could not be timelier. It fills a distinctive void, and is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research. It will without a doubt become the authoritative source on how the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Canada became firmly established." Peter W. Flint, Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies, Trinity Western University
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The story of Canada's attempt to purchase the greatest manuscript discovery of the twentieth century.
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations PART
ONE 1 Introduction: "I should perhaps recall to you ..."; 2 "Telling tales of
the early days": McGill Buys the Dead Sea Scrolls; 3 "We must ride out the
crisis": The Efforts to Bring the Dead Sea Scrolls to Montreal; 4 The Real
Question: The Nation, the Object, and Owning the Past; Postscript "The
harvest of this patient waiting" PART TWO Annotated Correspondence; Appendix
Transcription of R.B.Y. Scott's Handlist of Qumran Cave; Four fragments
purchased by McGill University as of May 1955 Notes 315; Bibliography; Index
Jason Kalman is an assistant professor of classical Hebrew text and interpretation at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, research fellow at the University of the Free State, and a fellow of the McGill Centre for Research on Religion. Jaqueline S. du Toit is a professor in the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language, and Language Practice at the University of the Free State and a fellow of the McGill Centre for Research on Religion.
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