The Dead Sea Scrolls: Forty Years of Research (STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH) (English and French Edition)

A fortieth anniversary is an occasion to be marked under any circumstances, especially when it concerns a discovery as significant as that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The proper way to mark this occasion was to organize a symposium that would be as comprehensive as possible, both in content and in variety of approaches, and which would be held in the land of the Scrolls. The papers here reflect not only the variety and richness of subjects treated by contemporary research on Qumran, but also its international character. Since the study of texts remains the first task of the Qumran scholar many of the collection's papers belong to its first section -- Texts and Text Studies . The other six sections are: The History of the Qumran Community, Halakha at Qumran, Qumran and the Hebrew Bible, Qumran and the New Testament and The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls . Is Divrei Ha-me'orot A Sectarian Prayer / Esther Glickler Chazon -- Texts From Qumran Cave 11 / Florentino García Martínez -- Biblical Phrases And Hidden Biblical Interpretations And Pesharim / Menahem Kister -- 4q374 : A Discourse On The Exodus/conquest Tradition / Carol A. Newsom -- Hymns From Qumran : 4q510-4q511 / Bilha Nitzan -- Les Deux Derniers Psaumes Davidiques Du Rituel D'exorcisme, 11qpsapa Iv 4-v14 / Émile Puech -- 4q380 And 4q381 : Non-canonical Psalms From Qumran / Eileen M. Schuller -- The Archeology Of Qumran : A Reconsideration / Magen Broshi -- The Prehistory Of The Qumran Community / Philip R. Davies -- Flavius Josèphe Et Les Esséniens / Andre Paul -- Les Esséens De Philon D'alexandrie Et Les Esséniens / Madeleine Petit -- The Institutions Of Israel In The Temple Scroll / Hartmut Stegemann -- Ezekiel And Ezekielianism As Progenitors Of Essenianism / Ben Zion Wacholder -- The Purification Rituals In Djd 7 / Joseph M. Baumgarten --^ Laws Pertaining To Women In The Temple Scroll / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Law And Truth : On Qumran-sadducean And Rabbinic Views Of Law / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Prayer And Liturgical Practice In The Qumran Sect / Moshe Weinfeld -- The Textual Tradition Of The Temple Scroll And Recently Published Manuscripts Of The Pentateuch / George J. Brooke -- The Text Of The Hebrew Bible In Rabbinic Writings In The Light Of The Qumran Evidence / Yeshayahu Maori -- The Use Of The Chronicles In 11qt : Aspects Of A Relationship / Dwight D. Swanson -- The Textual Base Of The Corrections In The Biblical Texts Found At Qumran / Emanuel Tov -- Light From 4qjudg A And 4qkgs On The Text Of Judges And Kings / Julio C. Trebolle Barrera -- The Impact Of The Qumran Scrolls On The Understanding Of Paul / Heinz Wolfgang Kuhn -- The Dead Sea Scrolls And John The Baptist : Reflections On Josephus' Account Of John The Baptist / Hermann Lichtenberger --^ Observations On The History Of Early Hebrew (1000 Bce-200 Ce) In The Light Of The Dead Sea Documents / Elisha Qimron. Edited By Devorah Dimant And Uriel Rappaport. Chiefly English; Some Articles In French. Papers Read At A Symposium Sponsored By Yad Izhak Ben-zvi At The University Of Haifa And At Tel Aviv University, Mar. 20-24, 1988. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Preface 8 I. Texts and Text Studies 10 Is Divrei ha-me'orot a Sectarian Prayer? 12 Texts from Qumran Cave 11 27 Biblical Phrases and Hidden Biblical Interpretations and Pesharim 36 4Q374: A Discourse on the Exodus/Conquest Tradition 49 Hymns from Qumran ― 4Q510-4Q511 62 Les deux derniers Psaumes davidiques du rituel d'exorcisme, 11QPsApa IV 4-V 14 73 4Q380 and 4Q381: Non-Canonical Psalms from Qumran 99 II. The History of the Qumran Community 110 The Archeology of Qumran ― A Reconsideration 112 The Prehistory of the Qumran Community 125 Flavius Josèphe et les Esséniens 135 Les Esséens de Philon d'Alexandrie et les Esséniens 148 The Institutions of Israel in the Temple Scroll 165 Ezekiel and Ezekielianism as Progenitors of Essenianism 195 III. Halakha at Qumran 206 The Purification Rituals in DJD 7 208 Laws Pertaining to Women in the Temple Scroll 219 Law and Truth: On Qumran-Sadducean and Rabbinic Views of Law 238 Prayer and Liturgical Practice in the Qumran Sect 250 IV. Qumran and the Hebrew Bible 268 The Textual Tradition of the Temple Scroll and Recently Published Manuscripts of the Pentateuch 270 The Text of the Hebrew Bible in Rabbinic Writings in the Light of the Qumran Evidence 292 The Use of the Chronicles in 11 QT: Aspects of a Relationship 299 The Textual Base of the Corrections in the Biblical Texts Found at Qumran 308 Light from 4QJudga and 4QKgs on the Text of Judges and Kings 324 V. Qumran and the New Testament 334 The Impact of the Qumran Scrolls on the Understanding of Paul 336 The Dead Sea Scrolls and John the Baptist: Reflections on Josephus' Account of John the Baptist 349 VI. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls 356 Observations on the History of Early Hebrew (1000 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) in the Light of the Dead Sea Documents 358 Abbreviations 372 Selected Index of Sources 374 Index of Names and Subjects 376 This collection of papers marks the fortieth anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — the most important manuscript discovery of this century. They reflect the variety and richness of subjects treated by contemporary research on Qumran as well as its international character.