The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

The volume consists of 27 surveys of research into the Dead Sea Scrolls in the past 60 years, written by 26 authors. An innovation of the volume is that it covers Qumran scholarship in separate countries: the USA, Canada, Israel, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Italy and the Eastern bloc. Each essay also carries a detailed bibliography for the respective country. Biographies of all the major scholars active in the field are briefly given as well. This book thereby exhaustively surveys past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development in various circumstances and national contexts. For the first time, perspectives and information not recorded in any other publication are highlighted. The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research 4 Contents 8 Preface 12 Frequently Cited Workds 14 Abbreviations 16 Devorah Dimant: Introduction 24 Dead Sea Scrolls Ssholarship in America 34 Sidnie White Crawford: The Identification and History of the Qumran Community in American Scholarship 36 Eileen M. Schuller: Research on the Sectarian Scrolls in North America 54 Eugen Ulrich: Biblical Scrolls Scholarship in North America 72 Sidnie White Crawford: "Rewritten Bible" in North American Scholarship 98 James C. VanderKam: Qumran Research in the United States: The Non-Sectarian Texts 102 Alex P. Jassen: American Scholarship on Jewish Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls 124 Moshe J. Bernstein and Aaron Koller: The Aramaic Texts and the Hebrew and Aramaic Languages at Qumran: The North American Contribution 178 John J. Collins: The Scrolls and Christianity in American Scholarship 220 Eileen M. Schuller: Canadian Scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls 240 Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship in Israel 258 Devorah Dimant: Israeli Scholarship on the Qumran Community 260 Bilhan Nitzan: Israeli Research on the Ideology of the Qumran Community 304 Emanuel Tov: Israeli Scholarship on the Biblical Texts from the Judean Desert 320 Michel Segal: Qumran Research in Israel: Rewritten Bible and Biblical Interpretation 338 Bilhan Nitzan: The Liturgical Texts from Qumran in Israeli Research 358 Aharon Shemesh: Trends and Themes in Israeli Research of the Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls 368 Steven E. Fassberg: Israeli Research into Hebrew and Aramaic at Qumran 386 Hanan Eshel: Excavations in the Judean Desert and at Qumran under Israeli Jurisdiction 404 Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship in Europe 424 Émile Puech: Qumran Research: Contribution of the École Bibliqueet Archéologique Francaise in Jerusalem 426 André Lemaire: Qumran Research in France 456 George J. Brooke: Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship in the United Kingdom 472 Eibert Tigchelaar: Research of Qumran Scrolls in the Netherlands 510 Florentino García Martínez and Julio Trebolle Barrera: A History of Qumran Scrolls Research in Spain 534 Jörg Frey: Qumran Research and Biblical Scholarship in Germany 552 Annette Steudel: Basic Research, Methods and Approaches to the Qumran Scrolls in German-Speaking Countries 588 Corrado Martone: Qumran Research in Italy 624 Sarianna Metso: Qumran Research in Nordic Countries 634 Ida Fröhlich: Qumran Research in Eastern and Central Europe 644 Indices 666 Index and Sources 668 Index of Names and Subjects 692 Index of Modern Scholars 698 This volume consists of 27 surveys of research into the Dead Sea Scrolls in the past 60 years, written by 26 authors. An innovation of the volume is that it covers Qumran scholarship in separate countries: the USA, Canada, Israel, France Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Italy and the Eastern bloc This book contains an exhaustive survey of past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development in various circumstances and national contexts. For the first time, perspectives and information not recorded in any other publication are highlighted. Edited By Devorah Dimant ; With The Assistance Of Ingo Kottsieper. This Volume Consists Of 27 Surveys Of Research Into The Dead Sea Scrolls In The Past 60 Years, Written By 26 Authors. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.