The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible : The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English

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Summary: Translations of the Oldest Biblical Texts on your bookshelf
Review: This book is a must for anyone interested in the Bible. This is the first and only complete English translation of the important Biblical texts found at Qumran. These texts date back a 1000 years earlier than the ones used for most English Bible Translations. Now you can read what some Biblical texts said at the time of Jesus. Some of these texts date to 200 BC/BCE. Abegg, Ulrich and Flint have done an excellent job producing a book that will allow the lay person access to these important texts. Any one who takes the Bible seriously should have this on their self. The layout is easy to follow and the footnotes are handy for anyone needing to compare variant ancient readings. In addition to the books found in the Hebrew Bible, some other texts that were held in high regard at Qumran are in the book.Read for yourself what the Bible said 2000 years ago.

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Summary: Well done, by why no 1 Enoch?
Review: This book is an excellent source of information concerning the Biblical books (includes both OT books and those in the Apocrypha, a la Tobit) found at Qumran. However, instead of translating 1 Enoch, the editors simply said that it was available elsewhere and that it would do no good to reproduce it in the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible. I think that was a mistake, and I hope to see it corrected in future editions. Some of the related Essene Enochian writings could also be included with the translation of I Enoch in the next edition. That would be cool. Overall, an excellent job was done with this Bible. I look foward to future editions.

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Summary: your advertised page count for the book is far too low
Review: This is a correction to your book description. The page count is about 650, not 320 as stated in your book description. In other words, Amazon.com customers will be getting a much better deal (twice as much book) for the stated price. The three authors are very pleased at the very great interest in this book before its publication.Peter W. Flint