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About this book
This volume draws readers into the exciting world of the Dead Sea Scrolls – around 930 manuscripts which were discovered in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran between 1947 and 1956, and which transformed scholarship of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity. Ten scholars working at the forefront of their field address big-picture issues in relation to the scroll fragments, including their preservation and conservation; their availability electronically; and their relation to Rabbinic literature. The book also looks at the archaeology of Qumran, and the history and identity of the community; ancient writing systems; the scrolls in relation to the wider world of the time – the practice of magic and demonology, prayer, and colonial violence and power– as well asrepresentations of them in popular media. The volume situates Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship within broader conversations in the study of the ancient world: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies, Classics, Archaeology, Jewish Studies, and Ancient History.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Israel Antiquities Authority and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- 3. A Greek-Style Bath at Qumran?
- 4. Purity and Purification in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Miqva’ot of Qumran: The Convergence of Text and Archaeology
- 5. Identifying the People of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- 6. The Scope and Purpose of Encrypted Writing at Qumran
- 7. Scribes, Scrolls, and Stars in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls
- 8. Magic and Demonology in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Retrospect and Prospect
- 9. Prayer, the Divine, and the Human Self at Qumran
- 10. The Qumran Sectarians in an Imperial Context: A Postcolonial Reading of Pesher Habakkuk
- 11. Violence in the Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarship and Popular Media
- Back Matter