TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli archaeologists announced this week the discovery of several new sets of Dead Sea Scrolls— ancient fragments of biblical text that have, for the past 70 years ...

MINOR PROPHETS (Ig, 286 pp., paperback, $17.95), Blair Hurley’s generous, unblinking novel, examines life in and beyond an apocalyptic religious cult, a hallmark of the American condition, the ...