Keter Shem Tov: Collected Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls in Memory of Alan Crown (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts)

This eclectic collection contains 16 articles on a variety of topics within Qumran Studies from a conference held in memory of the late Professor Alan Crown. Essays cover the impact of the Qumran discoveries on the study of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament to the study of the scrolls themselves and the community organizations presupposed in them, focusing as well on topics as diverse as sexuality, scribal practice and the attitude to the Temple in the scrolls. Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction Eulogy for Alan Crown Part 1. Qumran Scholarship: Now and Then Qumran Communities—Past and Present Part 2. Textual Transmission of the Hebrew Bible The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Proximity of the Pre-Samaritan Qumran Scrolls to the SP "Loose" Language in 1QISA a The Contrast Between the Qumran and Masada Biblical Scrolls in the Light of New Data Part 3. Reception of Scripture in the Dead Sea Scrolls A Case for Two Vorlagen Behind the Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab) "Holy Ones" and "(Holy) People" in Daniel and 1QM What has Qohelet to do with Qumran? 4QTestimonia (4Q175) and the Epistle of Jude Plant Symbolism and the Dreams of Noah and Abram in the Genesis Apocryphon Part 4. Community and the Dead Sea Scrolls What Did the "Teacher" Know?: Owls and Roosters in The Qumran Barnyard Exclusion and Ethics: Contrasting Covenant Communities in 1QS 5:1–7:25 and 1 Cor 5:1–6:11 Eschatology and Sexuality in the So-Called Sectarian Documents from Qumran Part 5. The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls A Temple Built of Words: Exploring Concepts of the Divine in the Damascus Document 4Q174 and the Epistle to the Hebrews The Temple Scroll: "The Day Of Blessing" or "The Day of Creation"? Insights on Shekinah and Sabbath List Of Contributors Index Of Authors Index Of Ancient Sources "This volume contains the proceedings of a conference on the Dead Sea scrolls held in memory of the late emeritus professor Alan Crown in late 2011 at the University of Sydney, Mandelbaum House. This eclectic collection contains 16 articles on a variety of topics within Qumran studies from established scholars in the field such as Emanuel Tov, Albert Baumgarten, William Loader and Shani Tzoref as well as exciting new voices in the field. Topics cover the full range of scholarly study of the scrolls, from the impact of the Qumran discoveries on the study of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament to the study of the scrolls themselves and the community organizations presupposed in them, focusing as well on topics as diverse as sexuality, scribal practice and the attitude to the Temple in the scrolls."--Summary.