Aramaica Qumranica

Katell Berthelot, Ph. D. (2001) in History of Religions, Sorbonne University (Paris), is Researcher at the CNRS, France. She has published extensively on Judaism in the Greco-Roman world, including Philanthrôpia judaica. Le débat autour de la “misanthropie” des lois juives dans l’Antiquité (Brill, 2003). Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Ph. D. (2002) in Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Researcher at the CNRS, France. He has published extensively on Early Judaism and Early Christianity, including The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 2003).

• Contributors include: Hugo Antonissen, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Moshe J. Bernstein, Katell Berthelot, John J. Collins, Devorah Dimant, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Esther Eshel, Hanan Eshel (ז"ל), Steve Fassberg, Jörg Frey, Florentino Garcia-Martinez, Jan Joosten, Armin Lange, Michael Langlois, Thierry Legrand, André Lemaire, Emile Puech, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Michael Stone, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Samuel Thomas, Matthias Weigold

The editors are to be commended for producing an exceptionally fine volume, which makes a substantial improvement to our understanding of the context and nature of the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran: a highly enigmatic, albeit distinct corpus.Sandra JacobsKing’s College, LondonIt is worth stressing that most of the papers are followed by a response or/and discussions also published in the book. This precious detail allows the reader not only to feel the atmosphere of the lively discussion but to follow the reactions of other scholars to theories and explanations proposed in the papers. The whole book is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion on the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran, their literary forms, origin, and ways of their modern explanations.Henryk DrawnelInstitute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin