"This book heralds a new era in Dead Sea Scrolls publication and research. The volume represents a remarkable achievement by Eisenman and Wise in presenting fifty new texts from one hundred and fijty manuscript photographs, which have been publicly accessible for less than a year. The texts included here open the way to a better overall understanding of the Dead Sea collection as a whole, and challenge many of the views which have gained authority over the last forty years." Phillip Davies, Professor of Biblical Studies, Sheffield University "This long-awaited volume will receive a ready welcome by both scholars and non-specialists alike, who are interested in Jewish history and Christian origins. The translations are impeccable, the commentary incisive, and the contents exciting. This first look at the most interesting of the heretofore unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls in English translation justifies all efforts to make these texts widely available for the last 40 years." James D. Tabor, Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte "This is a major publishing event. At last this material, long suppressed, is available to everyone, scholar and general reader alike. The authors' English translation and commentaries on these ancient texts are superb. We all owe them our gratitude." Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception