The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library
Author: Sidnie White Crawford
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-10-14
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9004305068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library presents twelve articles by renowned experts in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies. These articles explore from various angles the question of whether or not the collection of manuscripts found in the eleven caves in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran can be characterized as a “library,” and, if so, what the relation of that library is to the ruins of Qumran and the group of Jews that inhabited them. The essays fall into the following categories: the collection as a whole, subcollections within the overall corpus, and the implications of identifying the Qumran collection as a library.