Princeton Symposium on the Dead Sea Scrolls Series (3 vols.)

by James H. Charlesworth

Publisher:

Baylor University Press

, 2006

Overview

The recovery of 800 documents in the 11 caves on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea is one of the most sensational archeological discoveries to date. These three volumes, the very best of critical scholarship, demonstrate in detail how the scrolls have revolutionized our knowledge of the text of the Bible, the character of Second Temple Judaism, and the Jewish beginnings of Christianity. In addition to unearthing historical and theological background to the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls are the most important discovery for studying the textual history of the Old Testament.

With the Logos edition of this invaluable collection, researching the archaeological discoveries of the Dead Sea is easier and more efficient than ever. Scripture and ancient-text citations link to other resources in your library for one-click navigation. Fully searchable and integrated into the Logos software, these volumes yield a wealth of information on the Dead Sea Scrolls and their importance for biblical studies.

Key Features

• The best scholarly research on the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Primary-source documentation of first-century Judaism
• Invaluable resources for biblical textual criticism and Bible background

Praise for the Print Edition

The three-volume edition Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls will become a milestone for Old and New Testament research. The authors are leading scholars in this field and no other publication has collected so many interesting contributions about the largest finding of biblical and Jewish texts in the last century.

—Martin Hengel, former professor emeritus of New Testament and early Judaism, University of Tubingen

These three volumes containing fresh and updated research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible, the Qumran community, and early Christianity, written by renown scholars from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Israel, and edited by one of the world’s leading scholars, promise to be a major and definitive contribution to scholarship.

—Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

James H. Charlesworth has assembled a stellar gathering of Dead Sea Scrolls scholars in these rich volumes. They will make a lasting and profoundly significant contribution to the understanding of the greatest archeological find of modern times and the light it throws on the Bible.

—Michael E. Stone, Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Comparative Religion and professor of Armenian studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Product Details

• Title: Princeton Symposium on the Dead Sea Scrolls Series
• Editor: James H. Charlesworth
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 1,567

The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, vol. 1, Scripture and the Scrolls

• Editor: James H. Charlesworth
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 342

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This volume contains the following chapters:

• Preface: The New Perspective on Second Temple Judaism and “Christian Origins” by James H. Charlesworth
• Introduction: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Discovery and Challenge to Biblical Studies by James H. Charlesworth
• The Impact of the Judean Desert Scrolls on Issues of Text and Canon of the Hebrew Bible by James A. Sanders
• Qumran and the Enoch Groups: Revisiting the Enochic-Essene Hypothesis by Gabriele Boccaccini
• The Biblical Scrolls from Qumran and the Canonical Text by Frank Moore Cross
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Scriptural Texts by Eugene C. Ulrich
• The Formation and Re-Formation of Daniel in the Dead Sea Scrolls by Loren T. Stuckenbruck
• The Rewritten Bible at Qumran by Sidnie White Crawford
• Qumran and a New Edition of the Hebrew Bible by Ronald S. Hendel
• 4QSama (= 4Q51), the Canon, and the Community of Lay Readers by Donald W. Parry
• Three Sobriquets, Their Meaning and Function: The Wicked Priest, Synagogue of Satan, and the Woman Jezebel by Håkan Bengtsson
• The Biblical and Qumranic Concept of War by Philip R. Davies
• Psalms and Psalters in the Dead Sea Scrolls by Peter W. Flint
• The Importance of Isaiah at Qumran by J. J. M. Roberts
• Biblical Interpretation at Qumran by George J. Brooke

The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, vol. 2, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Community

• Editor: James H. Charlesworth
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 491

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This volume contains the following chapters:

• Digital Miracles: Revealing Invisible Scripts by Keith T. Knox, Roger L. Easton, Jr., and Robert H. Johnston
• Another Stab at the Wicked Priest by David Noel Freedman and Jeffrey C. Geoghegan
• What’s in a Calendar? Calendar Conformity and Calendar Controversy in Ancient Judaism: The Case of the “Community of the Renewed Covenant” by Shemaryahu Talmon
• The Covenant in Qumran by Moshe Weinfeld
• What was Distinctive about Messianic Expectation at Qumran? by John J. Collins
• The Law and Spirit of Purity at Qumran by Joseph M. Baumgarten
• Excerpted Manuscripts at Qumran: Their Significance for the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible and the Socio-Religious History of the Qumran Community and Its Literature by Brent A. Strawn
• The Two Spirits in Qumran Theology by John R. Levison
• Dualism in the Essene Communities by Elisha Qimron
• The Qumran Concept of Time by Henry W. Morisada Rietz
• Predestination in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls by Magen Broshi
• Resurrection: The Bible and Qumran by Émile Puech
• Qumran Community Structure and Terminology as Theological Statement by Sarianna Metso
• Daily and Festival Prayers at Qumran by Dennis T. Olson
• The Sociological and Liturgical Dimensions of Psalm Pesher 1 (4QpPsa): Some Prolegomenous Reflections by James H. Charlesworth and James D. McSpadden
• The Moses at Qumran: The qdch hrwm as the Nursing-Father of the dxy by Jacob Cherian
• Enoch and the Archangel Michael by Ephraim Isaac
• Qumran and the Dating of the Parables of Enoch by Paolo Sacchi
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Meal Formula in Joseph and Aseneth: From Qumran Fever to Qumran Light by Randall D. Chesnutt
• The Bible, the Psalms of Solomon, and Qumran by Joseph L. Trafton
• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha at Qumran by Devorah Dimant
• The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha at Qumran by James C. VanderKam

The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, vol. 3, The Scrolls and Christian Origins

• Editor: James H. Charlesworth
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 734

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This volume contains the following chapters:

• John the Baptizer and the Dead Sea Scrolls by James H. Charlesworth
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Historical Jesus by Richard A. Horsley
• The Future of a Religious Past: Qumran and the Palestinian Jesus Movement by Donald H. Juel
• The Synoptic Gospels and the Dead Sea Scrolls by Craig A. Evans
• A Study in Shared Symbolism and Language: The Qumran Community and the Johannine Community by James H. Charlesworth
• The Impact of Selected Qumran Texts on the Understanding of Pauline Theology by Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn
• Qumran’s Some Works of Torah (4Q394–399 [4QMMT]) and Paul’s Galatians by James D. G. Dunn and James H. Charlesworth
• How the Scrolls Impacted Scholarship on Hebrews by Harold W. Attridge
• The Dream of a New Jerusalem at Qumran by Adela Yarbro Collins
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Apocalypse of John by Loren L. Johns
• About the Differing Approach to a Theological Heritage: Comments on the Relationship Between the Gospel of John, the Gospel of Thomas, and Qumran by Enno E. Popkes
• Economic Justice and Nonretaliation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Implications for New Testament Interpretation by Gordon M. Zerbe
• Atonement: Qumran and the New Testament by Paul Garnet
• “The Coming of the Righteous One” in 1 Enoch, Qumran, and the New Testament by Gerbern S. Oegema
• Qumran and Supersessionism—and the Road Not Taken by Krister Stendahl
• The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls on New Testament Interpretation: Proposals, Problems, and Further Perspectives by Jörg Frey

About the Editors

James H. Charlesworth is the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary where he is also the editor and director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project. His specialties are the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old and New Testaments, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, Jesus research, and the Gospel of John.