Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls : a Canadian collection / edited by Peter W. Flint, Jean Duhaime, and Kyung S. Baek ; with twenty-five contributions by scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls and related literature.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flint, Peter W.

Duhaime, Jean.

Baek, Kyung S.

Series:

Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 30.

Early Judaism and its literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Qumran community.

Physical Description:

xli, 621 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011]

Summary:

An October 2007 symposium was held at Trinity Western University in British Columbia to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran in 1947, and to discuss the current work that Canadians are doing on these texts. The 13 papers presented there have been augmented to 25 by invited papers to provide a broader look at the Canadian scholarship. After surveying Canadian scholarship and projects, they look at "biblical" scrolls and transmission of the scriptures, the Qumran community, and Qumran and Second Temple Judaism. Among the topics are patterns of scribal practice in the biblical texts from the Judean Desert with special reference to the Tejillin, the Old Greek translator of Isaiah, the historical problem of the Essenes, the motif of the eschatological battle in the War Scroll, and the development of apocalyptic historiography in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Four of the papers are in French. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Survey of Canadian Scholarship and Projects

1 Canadian Scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls / Eileen Schuller Schuller, Eileen 3

2 Robert Balgarnie Young Scott: Canada's First Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar / Jason Kalmon Kalmon, Jason, Jaqueline S. du Toit Toit, Jaqueline S. du 21

3 La Bibliothèque de Qumrân: Contribution canadienne à une nouvelle édition des manuscrits de la mer Morte / Jean Duhaime Duhaime, Jean 43

Part II "Biblical" Scrolls and Transmission of the Scriptures

4 Toward a New Edition of 4QReworked Pentateuch^a (4Q158): Text, Translation, Notes, and Variants / Andrew B. Perrin Perrin, Andrew B. 59

5 Fingerprinting the Scribes: Patterns of Scribal Practice in the Biblical Texts from the Judean Desert, with Special Reference to the Tefillin / Benjamin H. Parker Parker, Benjamin H. 77

6 Photographing the Great Isaiah Scroll (lQIsa^a): Collections, Techniques, and DJD / Peter W. Flint Flint, Peter W., Kyung S. Baek Baek, Kyung S. 105

7 Isaiah for the Hellenistic World: The Old Greek Translator of Isaiah / Eugene Ulrich Ulrich, Eugene 119

8 A Comparison of Micah 1 in the MT, the LXX, and Key Ancient Versions in Light of the Discoveries in the Judean Desert / Manuel Jinbachian Jinbachian, Manuel 135

9 The Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Hebrew Syntax / Martin G. Abegg, Jr. Abegg, Martin G., Jr. 163

10 A Didactic Approach to the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls / Emanuel Tov Tov, Emanuel 173

Part III The Qumran Community

11 The Historical Problem of the Essenes / Steve Mason Mason, Steve 201

12 Religious Life at Qumran / Daniel K. Falk Falk, Daniel K. 253

13 The Practice of Place by the Qumran Community / Wayne O. McCready McCready, Wayne O. 287

14 Sectarian Truth: The Meaning of HON in the Community Rule / Ian W. Scott Scott, Ian W. 303

15 Determinism in the Rule of the Community (1QS): A New Perspective / Chad Martin Stauber Stauber, Chad Martin 345

16 The Motif of the Eschatological Battle in the War Scroll (1QM) / Ted M. Erho Erho, Ted M. 359

17 Suggestions et questions à propos de quelques fragments de textes découverts à Qumrân: 1QpHab, 4Q161 (4QpIsa^a) et 1Q14 (lQpMic) / Robert David David, Robert, Éric Bellavance Bellavance, Éric 375

18 Problèmes de lecture des planches de 4Q163 dans DJD V / Francis Daoust Daoust, Francis 395

19 L'identité d'Éphraïm et Manassé dans le Pésher de Nahum (4Q169) / Marie-France Dion Dion, Marie-France 405

Part IV Qumran and Second Temple Judaism

20 Noah Traditions within the Cultural Mosaic at Qumran: Multilingual Conversations and Controversies / Dorothy M. Peters Peters, Dorothy M. 431

21 Toward a Study of the Uses of the Concept of Wilderness in Ancient Judaism / Hindy Najman Najman, Hindy 447

22 Torah-Performance and History in the Golah: Rewritten Bible or "Re-presentational" Authority in the Apocryphon of Jeremiah C / C. J. Patrick Davis Davis, C. J. Patrick 467

23 The Development of Apocalyptic Historiography in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lorenzo DiTommaso DiTommaso, Lorenzo 497

24 Angels and Humans: Boundaries and Synergies / Cecilia Wassen Wassen, Cecilia 523

25 Jesus and Psalm 91 in Light of the Exorcism Scrolls / Craig A. Evans Evans, Craig A. 541.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589836037

1589836030

OCLC:

757134345