Geza Vermes quotes
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“An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost core of spiritual truth.”
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“If one had to single out the most revolutionary novelty furnished by Qumran, its contribution to our understanding of the genesis of Jewish literary compositions could justifiably be our primary choice.”
-- Geza VermesSource : "The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Introduction, p. 23), 1962.
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“The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews.”
-- Geza VermesSource : "The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Chapter 3 "The History of the Community", p. 49), 1962.
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“The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story.”
-- Geza VermesSource : "The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Introduction, p. 1), 1962.
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“Pray, always pray; when sickness wastes thy frame, Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.”
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.22, 1895.
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