Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective

Devorah Dimant, Ph.D. (1974), Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Professor (em.) for Ancient Jewish Literature at the University of Haifa, Israel, has published extensively on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. She has produced first editions of several Qumran scrolls in Qumran Cave 4.XXI: Parabiblical Texts, Part 4: Pseudo-Prophetic Texts (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXX; Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 2001) .

• Devorah Dimant , Introduction DEAD SEA SCROLLS SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICASidnie White Crawford, The Identification and History of the Qumran Community in American Scholarship Eileen M. Schuller, Research on the Sectarian Scrolls in North America .Eugene Ulrich, Biblical Scrolls Scholarship in North America Sidnie White Crawford, “Rewritten Bible” in North American Scholarship James C. VanderKam, Qumran Research in the United States: The Non-Sectarian Texts Alex P. Jassen, American Scholarship on Jewish Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls Moshe J. Bernstein and Aaron Koller, The Aramaic Texts and the Hebrew and Aramaic Languages at Qumran: The North American Contribution John J. Collins, The Scrolls and Christianity in American Scholarship Eileen M. Schuller, Canadian Scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls DEAD SEA SCROLLS SCHOLARSHIP IN ISRAELDevorah Dimant, Israeli Scholarship on the Qumran Community Bilhah Nitzan, Israeli Research on the Ideology of the Qumran Community Emanuel Tov, Israeli Scholarship on the Biblical Texts from the Judean Desert Michael Segal, Qumran Research in Israel: Rewritten Bible and Biblical Interpretation Bilhah Nitzan, The Liturgical Texts from Qumran in Israeli Research Aharon Shemesh, Trends and Themes in Israeli Research of the Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls Steven E. Fassberg, Israeli Research into Hebrew and Aramaic at Qumran Hanan Eshel ז"ל, Excavations in the Judean Desert and at Qumran under Israeli Jurisdiction DEAD SEA SCROLLS SCHOLARSHIP IN EUROPEÉmile Puech, Qumran Research: Contribution of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem André Lemaire, Qumran Research in France George J. Brooke, Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship in the United Kingdom Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, Research of Qumran Scrolls in the Netherlands Florentino García Martínez and Julio Trebolle Barrera, A History of Qumran Scrolls Research in Spain Jörg Frey, Qumran Research and Biblical Scholarship in Germany Annette Steudel, Basic Research, Methods and Approaches to the Qumran Scrolls in German-Speaking Countries Corrado Martone, Qumran Research in Italy Sarianna Metso, Qumran Research in Nordic Countries Ida Fröhlich, Qumran Research in Eastern and Central Europe

This volume represents a landmark contribution to Scrolls research. It serves not only as a comprehensive record of the road already travelled but also as a sign post for future directions. It will stand as a significant point of reference for scholars for decades to come.Joseph Angel, Near Eastern Archaeology 76:4 (2013)