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  | | The Story of the Scrolls by Geza Vermes Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-104615-0, ISBN: 0-14-104615-5 "From the world's leading "Dead Sea Scrolls" scholar, Geza Vermes' "The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls" is an ideal introduction to understanding these ancient documents. The discovery of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" in Qumran, between 1947 and 1956, was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and hidden in caves by an ancient Jewi ..." |
 | | The Authentic Gospel of Jesus(Reprint) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2005 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-100360-3, ISBN: 0-14-100360-X "In "The Authentic Gospel of Jesus", renowned biblical scholar Geza Vermes distils a lifetime's knowledge to examine every saying attributed to Jesus and return to the true teachings of the man behind the messiah. Who was the real Jesus? What was the original message of the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world? There can be no doubt that Jesus, 'a religious genius' as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in ..." |
 | | An Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls(Updated) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 1999 by Fortress Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3229-8, ISBN: 0-8006-3229-X "This thoroughly revised and updated version of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective is useful as a textbook for courses in Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible, or the New Testament. It has been a standard work in the field for the past thirty years." |
 | | The Religion of Jesus the Jew(1st Edition) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Augsburg Fortress Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-2797-3, ISBN: 0-8006-2797-0 "This book completes a trilogy which started in 1973 with Jesus the Jew and continued ten years later with the appearance of Jesus and the World of Judaism, by a leading Jewish expert on the history and literature of Jesus' time whose name is especially associated with work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Like its predecessors, it is one man's reading of the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke. It does not offer a survey of scholarly vie ..." |
 | | The Dead Sea Scrolls in English(Updated) (Pelican) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1962 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-020551-0, ISBN: 0-14-020551-9 "'This significantly expanded and revised fourth edition of what has always been the best English translation of the Scrolls has become a combination of two books: Vermes has replaced nearly all of the original Introduction with an abridged version of the corresponding material from The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective... He has also added new translations of material that has been published since the last edition appeared in 1975 ..." |
 | | Christian Beginnings From Nazareth to Nicaea by Geza Vermes Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-20595-4, ISBN: 0-300-20595-3 "In this deeply learned and beautifully written book, Geza Vermes tells the enthralling story of early Christianity’s emergence The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.Through a forensic, brilliant reexamination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity, ..." |
 | | Who's Who in the Age of Jesus by Geza Vermes Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2006 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-101703-7, ISBN: 0-14-101703-1 "An enlightening journey through the ancient world from "the greatest Jesus scholar of his generation" (The Sunday Telegraph) Though the New Testament gospels are some of the most extraordinary documents ever written, the picture they provide of Jesus's world is a very partial one. This remarkable work paints a comprehensive and colorful picture of the world that Jesus knew. From detailed, convincing portraits of John the Baptist, Ponti ..." |
 | | The Dead Sea Scrolls in English(3rd Edition) 3RD rev Augmented Edition Including Temple Scroll other Recently Published Manus (Pelican) by Geza Vermes, Gâeza Vermáes Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1988 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-022779-6, ISBN: 0-14-022779-2 "'This significantly expanded and revised fourth edition of what has always been the best English translation of the Scrolls has become a combination of two books: Vermes has replaced nearly all of the original Introduction with an abridged version of the corresponding material from The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective... He has also added new translations of material that has been published since the last edition appeared in 1975 ..." |
 | | Jesus the Jew(1st Edition) by Geza Vermes, G-Eza Ver'es Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1981 by Fortress Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-1443-0, ISBN: 0-8006-1443-7 "This now classic book is a significant corrective to several recent developments in the study of the historical Jesus. In contrast to depictions of Jesus as a wandering Cynic teacher, Geza Vermes offers a portrait based on evidence of charismatic activity in first-century Galilee. Vermes shows how the major New Testament titles of Jesus-prophet, Lord, Messiah, son of man, Son of God-can be understood in this historical context. The resu ..." |
 | | The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English(Updated) (Penguin Classics) by Geza Vermes, Chuck Munson, Barry Render, Jay Heizer, Contributor-Geza Vermes Paperback, 648 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044952-5, ISBN: 0-14-044952-3 "It's been 50 years since a Bedouin youth named Muhammed edh-Dhub went looking for a stray sheep and instead found the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the intervening decades, the scrolls have been enveloped in a storm of controversy and bitter conflict: the scholars entrusted with translating and editing the texts sat on many of them instead, creating suspicions that escalated to conspiracy theories about supposed cover-ups of sensitive, even dama ..." |
 | | The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ(Updated) Volume 1 by Geza Vermes, Fergus Millar, Emil Schürer Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2015 by T&T Clark ISBN-13: 978-0-567-50161-5, ISBN: 0-567-50161-2 "Emil Schurer's "Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi," originally published in German between 1874 and 1909 and in English between 1885 and 1891, is a critical presentation of Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 B.C. to A.D. 135. It has rendered invaluable services to scholars for nearly a century.The present work offers a fresh translation and a revision of the entire subject-matter. The bibliogra ..." |
 | | The True Herod(Updated) by Geza Vermes Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury T&T Clark ISBN-13: 978-0-567-57544-9, ISBN: 0-567-57544-6 "Who was Herod the Great? How did he come to govern one of the most politically tumultuous regions in the world? Was he the heartless baby-killer of Matthew's Gospel, or does this popular tale do Herod a great disservice? Geza Vermes, whose work on the Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls has made him one of the most recognisable names in Biblical and Jewish studies, provides a new portrait of Herod. Vermes examines Herod's legacy a ..." |
 | | Resurrection(1st Edition) by Geza Vermes, G'za Verm's, The Resurrection- Paperback, 171 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-14-103005-0, ISBN: 0-14-103005-4 "Geza Vermes's The Resurrection presents a comprehensive account of exactly what the earliest Christian sources report about the aftermath of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. The story of Christ's crucifixion and subsequent resurrection is the rock of faith on which Christianity is founded. But on what evidence is the most miraculous phenomenon in religious history based? World-famous biblical scholar Geza Vermes has studied al ..." |
 | | The Resurrection(1st Edition) History and Myth by Geza Vermes Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by Doubleday Religion ISBN-13: 978-0-385-52242-7, ISBN: 0-385-52242-8 "esurrection is the rock of faith on which Christianity is founded. But on what evidence is the most miraculous phenomenon in religious history based?World-famous biblical scholar Geza Vermes has studied all the evidence that still remains, over two thousand years after Jesus Christ was reported to have risen from the dead. Examining the Jewish Bible, the New Testament, and other accounts left to us, as well as contemporary attitudes tow ..." |
 | | The Nativity History and Legend by Geza Vermes Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Doubleday Religion ISBN-13: 978-0-385-52241-0, ISBN: 0-385-52241-X "The Nativity is the very heart of the Christian tradition. For more than 2,000 years, the story of Jesus’ birth has been told and retold, mythologized and sentimentalized. In The Nativity, Geza Vermes untangles centuries of storytelling and places the birth and the events surrounding it within their historical context. Vermes examines every aspect of the Christmas story: the prophetic star, the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, t ..." |
 | | The Nativity History and Legend by Geza Vermes Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-102446-2, ISBN: 0-14-102446-1 "In "The Nativity: History and Legend" Geza Vermes penetrates the deeper meanings of the New Testament story that evolved into the festival we call Christmas. The Nativity is at the very heart of the Christian tradition. But what truth lies behind the Christmas story as we know it? Where does history end and legend begin? Here Geza Vermes, the world's most respected Biblical historian, examines what really happened when, according to Chu ..." |
 | | Jesus in His Jewish Context(Updated) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 198 Pages, Published 2003 by Augsburg Fortress Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3623-4, ISBN: 0-8006-3623-6 "In this stimulating work, one of the most renowned scholars of ancient Judaism explores how Jesus proclamation of the kingdom and the earliest Jesus movement fit into the Jewish world of Judea and Galilee. In this revised edition of an earlier work, Vermes includes five new chapters." |
 | | The Changing Faces of Jesus(Updated) (Paperback) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-026524-8, ISBN: 0-14-026524-4 "In 1926, the Protestant scholar Rudolph Bultmann wrote, "I do indeed think that we can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus." Modern Biblical criticism had turned the gospels from solid rock to quicksand and suddenly the attempt to glimpse the real Jesus seemed pointless. Then Geza Vermes published Jesus the Jew, in which he presented Jesus as a charismatic Jewish teacher. In his latest book, The Changing ..." |
 | | The changing faces of Jesus(1st Edition) by Geza Vermes Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Allen Lane Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9193-2, ISBN: 0-7139-9193-3 |
 | | Complete Dead Sea Scrolls(100th Edition) by Geza Vermes Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-027807-1, ISBN: 0-14-027807-9 "It's been 50 years since a Bedouin youth named Muhammed edh-Dhub went looking for a stray sheep and instead found the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the intervening decades, the scrolls have been enveloped in a storm of controversy and bitter conflict: the scholars entrusted with translating and editing the texts sat on many of them instead, creating suspicions that escalated to conspiracy theories about supposed cover-ups of sensitive, even dama ..." |
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