How long does it take to read The Dead Sea Scrolls?
Michael Owen Wise, Martin G. Abegg, Edward M. Cook, Michael O. Wise
The Dead Sea Scrolls by Michael Owen Wise, Martin G. Abegg, Edward M. Cook, Michael O. Wise takes about 12 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 662 pages, about 182,050 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents a modern English translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, containing an comprehensive portion the fragmented scrolls, and including never-before released texts and recently discovered writings about key Biblical prophets and ancestors.
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls, Criticism, interpretation, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Religion, Judaism, Christianity
