New Testament

Focuses on four areas of meaning: Creation, Covenant, Atonement and Wisdom. Arguing that Christian theology matured quickly because it was a return to a far older faith, the book also discusses how Jesus related to the Temple.

This is a fully revised edition of the classic translation by Geza Vermes, the world’s leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. It is now enhanced by much previously unpublished material and a new preface, and also contains a scroll catalogue and an index...