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The Dead Sea Scrolls
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 9.99Everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separate the myths from the reality. Timothy Lim explains the cultural and historical background of the scrolls, and presents the true facts behind the theories and controversies surrounding their interpretation... more...
Qumranica Minora I
BRILL 2007; US$ 207.00Contains articles on the Origins of the Qumran Community (the co-called Groningen Hypothesis) and on Apocalypticism in the "Dead Sea Scrolls", including translations of essays that were written in Spanish and French. more...
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 20.00The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus, the Scrolls have transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism, and the origins of... more...
The Relationship between Roman and Local Law in the Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives
BRILL 2007; US$ 216.00Using a division between substantive and formal law as the key element for understanding the applicable law in papyri, this study offers a new understanding of the distinct parts Roman and local law played in the legal reality of second-century Arabia. more...
The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60
BRILL 2010; US$ 169.00This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 2008 Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies at New York University, dedicated to "The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60: The Scholarly Contributions of NYU Faculty and Alumni." more...
Qumran Cave 1 Revisited
BRILL 2010; US$ 153.00Papers presented at the IOQS meeting in Ljubljana ?Qumran Cave 1 Revisited: Reconsidering the Cave 1 Texts Sixty Years after Their Discovery,? on the two Isaiah scrolls, the Community Rule, the War Scroll, the Thanksgivings Scroll, and the Genesis Apocryphon. more...
The Dead Sea Scrolls
BRILL 2010; US$ 146.00How were Jewish texts produced and transmitted in late antiquity? What role did scribal practices play in the shaping of both scriptural and interpretive traditions, which areas the Scrolls show so decisivelyintimately intertwined? How were texts assembled from a variety of earlier sources, both oral and written? Why were they often attributed to pseudonymous... more...
The Dead Sea Scrolls In Context
BRILL 2011; US$ 340.00With nearly all Dead Sea Scrolls published, this collection of essays integrates this very important corpus of ancient texts into the study of Hebrew Bible, ancient and rabbinic Judaism as well as early Christian and other ancient literatures, languages, and cultures. more...
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableThe discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the origins of Christianity. These extraordinary manuscripts appear to have been hidden in the caves at Quumran by members of the Essene community, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the... more...









