T & T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls

T&T Clark is an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.

Actually published in 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Archaeology of Qumran, The Manuscript collections, Acquisition and publication, Scholarly and popular reception, Ethicinity, The Yahad in the context of Hellenistic group fromation, The regional context of the Dead Sea, Qumran and the ancient near east, Scrolls and early Judaism, Scrolls and early Judaism, Scrolls and the early Christianity, Physicality of manuscripts and material culture, Scientific technologies, Reading and reconstructing Manuscripts, Languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Biblical scholarship and Qumran studies, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the study of the ancient world, Aramaic Job, Authritative Scriptures: Torah and related texts Beatitudes, Berakhot

This companion provides the ideal resource for those seriously engaging with the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 30 concise articles all of the key texts and documents are examined. A section on the complex methods used in anaylzing the scrolls then follows before the focus moves to consideration of the scrolls in their various contexts; political, religious, cultural, economic, historical. The genres ascribed to groups of texts within the scrolls are examined in the next section with due attention given to both past and present scholarship. The main body of the companion then concludes with crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars. The book finishes with appendices and indexes giving: timelines, lists of kings, family trees of the Seleucids, Ptolemies, Hasmoneans, lists of places and scrolls, information on electronic resources and classified bibliographies. The volume is illustrated throughout with some 60 images enabling readers to consider key texts from the scrolls not only in transcription but simultaneously with photographs.