1st Edition

The Treasure of the Copper Scroll The Opening and Decipherment of the Most Mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls, A Unique Inventory of Buried Treasure

By John Marco Allegro Copyright 1960
195 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1960, The Treasure of the Copper Scroll is the companion volume to John Marco Allegro’s People of the Dead Sea Scrolls and tells the story of this unusual, buried treasure. Allegro here reveals much hitherto unknown information – the location of many of the cities of the Old Testament, events of the second Jewish Revolt, and the relation between the Essene community at... Read more

Foreword Illustrations Abbreviations 1. Discovery and Opening 2. Decipherment 3. The Treasure 4. The Places: Sites about the Dead Sea 5. The Places: The Jericho Area 6. The Places: The Jerusalem Area 7. Who Hid the Treasure? 8. Summary and Conclusion Notes to the Translation Index

Biography

John Marco Allegro