The Madrid Qumran Congress (2 vols.)
The Madrid Qumran Congress (2 vols.)

Author: Julio Trebolle Barrera

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 9004350128

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The material presented in these two volumes may be divided into two main sections. The first section covers biblical texts and texts which fall between the categories biblical and non-biblical. It also includes articles on topics relating to the history of the Qumran community and to the study of the New Testament in the light of the Qumran discoveries. The second section covers non-biblical texts, such as the Temple Scroll. The two sections are synthesized in the article by Frank M. Cross, in which he reviews the advances made and the challenges for the future in the field of Qumran studies. Several topics recur constantly in many of the articles, such as the origins of the history of the Qumran community, the problem of the distinction between what is biblical and non-biblical in the Qumran manuscripts, and the question of the authority of the texts in the Qumran community.

The Dead Sea Scrolls In Context (2 vols)
The Dead Sea Scrolls In Context (2 vols)

Author: Armin Lange

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-09-09

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13: 9004194207

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The Dead Sea Scrolls enrich many areas of biblical research, as well as the study of ancient and rabbinic Judasim, early Christian and other ancient literatures, languages, and cultures. With nearly all Dead Sea Scrolls published, it is now time to integrate the Dead Sea Scrolls fully into the various disciplines that benefit from them. This two-volume collection of essays answers this need. It represents the proceedings of a conference jointly organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna in Vienna on February 11–14, 2008.

The New Damascus Document
The New Damascus Document

Author: Ben Zion Wacholder

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-11-30

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9047406419

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This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a composite form under the title Midrash haTorah haAcharon (MTA), the Midrash of the Eschatological Torah, a title which opens a new window into the understanding of the Jewish literary tradition during the period of the Second Temple, prior to the development of the Talmud and Christianity. Following the composite Hebrew text are a full translation, notes and commentary elucidating the MTA in light of the new evidence provided by these texts and retranslation.

The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The scrolls and Christian origins
The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The scrolls and Christian origins

Author: James H. Charlesworth

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 193279221X

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The recovery of 800 documents in the eleven caves on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea is one of the most sensational archeological discoveries in the Holy Land to date. These three volumes, the very best of critical scholarship, demonstrate in detail how the scrolls have revolutionized our knowledge of the text of the Bible, the character of Second Temple Judaism, and the Jewish beginnings of Christianity.

Current Research and Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Current Research and Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: Ricks

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9004350225

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This volume of conference papers presents new discoveries, updated information, and technological advances in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two papers examine the identity of the messiahs in 4Q246 and 4Q521. A thorough analysis of scribal markings in the Dead Sea texts is presented. Biblical studies include multiple literary editions of biblical texts, the book of Numbers at Qumran, and the appearance of the Tetragrammaton in 4QSama texts. The notions of judgment and salvation according to Sapiential Work A are thoroughly examined, and the relationship of the six Barki Nafshi texts is carefully considered. New developments in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls studies include the Dead Sea Scrolls Database and DNA studies on the scrolls themselves.

The Temple Scroll
The Temple Scroll

Author: Lawrence H. Schiffman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 9004459502

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In this volume, Schiffman and Gross present a new edition of all of the manuscript evidence for the Temple Scroll from Qumran. It includes innumerable new readings and restorations of all of the manuscripts as well as a detailed critical apparatus comparing the manuscripts of the Temple Scroll as well as Qumran biblical manuscripts and the ancient versions. Each manuscript is provided with a new translation, and a commentary is presented for the main text. Also included are a general introduction, bibliography of published works on the text, catalog of photographic evidence, and concordance including all vocables in all the manuscripts and their restorations. This work promises to move research on the Temple Scroll to a new level.

The Damascus Document
The Damascus Document

Author: Steven D. Fraade

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-02-19

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0198734336

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The Damascus Document is an ancient Hebrew text that is one of the longest, oldest, & most important of the ancient scrolls usually referred to collectively as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Its oldest parts originate in the mid- to late 2nd century BCE. While the earliest discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls occurred in 1947, the Qumran Damascus Document fragments were discovered in 1952 (but not published in full until 1996), mainly in what is designated as Qumran Cave Four. However, it is unique in that two manuscripts (MS A & MS B) containing parts & variations of the same text were discovered much earlier, in 1896, among the discarded texts of the Cairo Geniza, the latter being written in the 10th-11th centuries CE. Together, the manuscripts of the Damascus Document, both ancient & medieval, are an invaluable source for understanding many aspects of ancient Jewish (& before that Israelite) history, theology, and much more.

The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, Volume 2
The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, Volume 2

Author: James C VanderKam

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1999-06-11

Total Pages: 846

ISBN-13: 9004676856

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The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years is being published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the first scrolls at Qumran. The two-volume set contains a comprehensive set of cutting-edge articles on a wide range of topics that are archaeological, historical, literary, sociological, or theological in character. Since the discovery of the first scrolls in 1947 an overwhelming number of studies has been published. Now, half a century later, nearly all scrolls found have been published in critical editions, and scholars can begin to assess the true relevance of the scrolls for the study of the Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity. The contributors to these volumes form an international team of leading specialists in the field. They have written critical surveys of particular aspects of Dead Sea Scrolls research, focusing on significant developments, theories and conclusions, while also indicating directions for future study.

The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira
The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira

Author: Takamitsu Muraoka

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9789004108202

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This is a publication of papers presented and discussed at the first international congress on the Hebrew language of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the book of Ben Sira held in Leiden in December, 1995. The papers deal with various aspects of the grammar, syntax, and lexicon of the Hebrew of the post-biblical texts.