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Dead Sea Scrolls Handbook, by Devorah Dimant and Donald Parry

This new handbook from Brill is a unique volume that you may or may not want in your library. Because texts are constantly being edited and readings are being better deciphered, the authors believe such a handbook is not superfluous, but supplements other textual editions already published (xix). There are no translations, commentaries, discussions of dating, or any other….

History, Ideology, and Bible Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Devorah Dimant

April 22, 2015

Todd Scacewater

This New Book is a collection of essays from Devorah Dimant, who has spent the last forty five years studying the Qumran texts. The first essay is an invaluable history of research from the 1950’s until today. The essays then fall into three parts: “The Qumran Library,” focusing on collections in the community; “The History of the Qumran Community,” which consists of one 30pp essay; “Themes in the Qumran Literature,” which touches on various ideas such as resurrection and restoration, the temple,…