The Dead Sea scrolls : Fifty years after their discovery : Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997 /

"Hidden untouched in caves for two millennia, now for fifty years the Dead Sea Scrolls have been poked and prodded to yield their treasure of knowledge about the history of early Jews and Christians. This veritable "who's who" of international Scrolls research commemorates the fiftieth... Full description

Main Author:	Schiffman, Lawrence H.
Other Authors:	Tov, Emanuel., VanderKam, James C.
Published:	Jerusalem : Israel Exploration Society, 2000
Subjects:	DEAD SEA SCROLLS - CONGRESSES.
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245		4	\|a The Dead Sea scrolls : \|b Fifty years after their discovery : Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997 / \|c edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman, Emanuel Tov, and James C. VanderKam.
260			\|a Jerusalem : \|b Israel Exploration Society, \|c 2000.
300			\|a 970p.
500			\|a Includes Bibliographical References.
505			\|a Prologue. The past: on the history of Dead Sea Scrolls research / George J. Brooke and Lawrence H. Schiffman. -- The publication of the texts from the Judean Desert: past, present, and future / Emanuel Tov. -- pt. 1. The scrolls, the Bible and early Judaism. The scrolls and the study of the Hebrew Bible / Eugene Ulrich. -- The scrolls and the study of early Judaism / Devorah Dimant. -- The scrolls and the study of the New Testament / George J. Brooke. -- pt. 2. The intellectual history of scrolls research -- an overview with responses. Currents in Qumran scholarship: the interplay of data, agendas, and methodology / George W.E. Nickelsburg. -- Scrolls scholarship as intellectual history / John J. Collins. -- Currents in Qumran research / James H. Charlesworth. -- A response to George Nickelsburg's "Currents in Qumran scholarship" / Carol A. Newsom. -- Israeli scholarship on the texts from the Judean Desert / Emanuel Tov. -- Qumran scholarship: a European perspective / Florentino Garcia Martinez and Julio Tebolle Barrera. A response to the respondents / George W.E. Nickelsburg. -- pt. 3. Assessing the cave 4 fragments of the Damascus document -- reflections on discoveries in the Judaean Desert XVIII. The Damascus document reconsidered / Joseph Baumgarten. -- Reflections on DJD XVIII / Philip R. Davies. -- Demons, theology and Abraham's covenant (CD 16:4-6 and related texts) / Menahem Kister. -- The significance of the temple in the manuscripts of the Damascus document / John Kampen. -- A response to the discussion of DJD XVIII / Joseph Baumgarten. -- Epilogue. And it shall come to pass in the end of days: an agenda for the future / Lawrence H. Schiffman and Marlene Schiffman.
520			\|a "Hidden untouched in caves for two millennia, now for fifty years the Dead Sea Scrolls have been poked and prodded to yield their treasure of knowledge about the history of early Jews and Christians. This veritable "who's who" of international Scrolls research commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls with essays focused on The History of Dead Sea Scrolls Research; The Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Early Judaism and the New Testament; The Damascus Document; and The Future of Dead Sea Scrolls Research."--BOOK JACKET.
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700			\|a Tov, Emanuel.
700			\|a VanderKam, James C.
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The Dead Sea scrolls : Fifty years after their discovery : Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997 /

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