The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60: Scholarly Contributions of New York University Faculty and Alumni (Studies of the Texts of The desert of Judah)

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the March 7, 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." These studies offer a sampling of the extensive research conducted by three generations of NYU faculty, students, and alumni, in a range of domains pertaining to the scrolls and documents discovered in the Judean Desert since 1947, including Hebrew language, religious thought, and law. The Judean desert scrolls and the history of Judaism and Christianity The traditional roots of priestly messianism at Qumran The Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish biblical interpretation in antiquity: a multi-generic perspective Zoroastrianism and Qumran The Judean desert documents as a regional sub-tradition in Aramaic common law Law and exegesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls: the Sabbath carrying prohibition in comparative perspective On the identification of some two Greek fragments of 1 Enoch The Copper Scroll (3Q15): a reconsideration Quotidian documents from the Judean desert Qumran Hebrew (with a trial cut [1QS]) Sectarians and householders What is a scriptural text in the Second Temple period? : texts between their biblical past, their inner-biblical interpretation, their reception in Second Temple literature, and their textual witnesses The "hidden" and the "revealed": esotericism, election, and culpability in Qumran and related literature Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Joseph L. Angel -- Moshe J. Bernstein -- Yaakov Elman -- Andrew D. Gross -- Alex P. Jassen -- Erik W. Larson -- Judith K. Lefkovits -- Baruch A. Levine -- Gary A. Rendsburg -- Alexei M. Sivertsev -- Mark S. Smith -- Shani Tzoref These studies offer a sampling of the extensive research conducted over three generations of New York University faculty, students & alumni in a range of domains pertaining to the scrolls & documents discovered in the Judean Desert since 1947